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Lava bursts from Earth's mantle are creating a new ocean in Africa
In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...
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Watch mud volcano erupt beneath a crown of flames in Taiwan
The Wandan mud volcano has erupted in Taiwan, sending bubbling mud shooting into the air as locals ignite ejected gases with burning rags.
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Earth Scientists Detect Pulsing Beneath Ethiopia — And It Could One Day Split Africa and Create a New Ocean
The magma movement beneath the planet’s crust could be the early stages of a new ocean basin formation, which could slowly ...
Scientists Just Found Earth’s Pulse – And It’s Tearing a Continent Apart
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.
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Fresh lava from Earth's mantle found bursting onto the surface where a new ocean is forming
Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...
29 beautiful places that look like they're from another planet
Read on to discover incredible places that look like they belong on another planet... The dramatic Tianzi Mountains are ...
10 Hidden Gem UNESCO World Heritage Sites Worth Visiting
From waterfalls in Argentina to old-growth trees in Japan, these under-the-radar destinations deserve a spot on your bucket ...
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Is Earth Forming a New Ocean? Scientists Report Odd Pulses Coming From Deep Below the African Continent
Tectonic pulses beneath Africa are splitting the continent apart to produce a new ocean, according to University of ...
'Pulsing, like a heartbeat': Rhythmic mantle plume rising beneath Ethiopia is creating a new ocean
Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent ...
Is Africa cracking open? How Earth’s ‘heartbeat’ is tearing the continent apart, forming a new ocean
A group of researchers from across the world has found that a steady, rhythmic pulse deep beneath Ethiopia’s Afar region, ...
Scientists on high alert as Africa on track to tear in two after ‘pulses’ detected
Scientists have warned that an entire continent could tear itself apart, literally. A massive crack is emerging in the ...
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Deep Pulses Beneath Africa Are Breaking the Continent Apart, Creating a New Ocean
Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that’s beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to separate.