The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

The chemical striping suggests the plume is pulsing, like a heartbeat.” That is how Professor Tom Gernon of the University of ...

Researchers in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift reported a deep, rhythmic mantle “pulse” that is slowly tearing Africa apart to form a ...

Rhythmic pulsing deep beneath landlocked east Africa is literally tearing the continent apart. But while the effects won’t ...

A deep, rhythmic pulse has been found surging like a heartbeat deep under Africa. At the Afar triple junction under Ethiopia, ...

The earth shook below Zahab Mohammad’s feet while rocks began rolling down the foothills of the volcanic Mount Dofan, where she lived in Ethiopia’s northern Afar Region. After a 5.8-magnitude ...

A swarm of earth tremors and fears of volcanic eruptions in January forced tens of thousands of people to move away from Awash Fentale, an area in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The area falls ...

These plates intersect in the Afar region of Ethiopia, creating a Y-shaped rift system, the Geological Society of London noted. Related: A slow break ...

According to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), a multi-pronged assault on multiple towns and villages in the Afar region by Tigrayan forces that led to weeks of intense fighting ...