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Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it cracks and an ocean basin begins.
Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...
The magma movement beneath the planet’s crust could be the early stages of a new ocean basin formation, which could slowly ...
In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...
Tourism, climate change, redevelopment and nature threaten the existence of some of the world’s most amazing sites, but – ...
Ethiopia uses a calendar that’s roughly seven years behind ... El Salvador, the smallest country in Central America, is known as the "Land of Volcanoes" due to its numerous volcanic peaks. It's also ...
The East African Rift now runs along a fault line that cuts through Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Mozambique. This is a system of fractured volcanoes and shifting land. Since then, satellite images ...
The Wandan mud volcano has erupted in Taiwan, sending bubbling mud shooting into the air as locals ignite ejected gases with burning rags.