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Rhythmic pulses of molten rock are rising beneath eastern Africa, according to a new study.The pulsing plume of hot mantle ...
Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that’s beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to separate.
A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and ...
The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...
Beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, scientists have discovered pulsing waves of molten rock rising from deep within the ...
Deep beneath East Africa, scientists have discovered powerful forces at work that could eventually split the continent in two ...
Rhythmic pulsing deep beneath landlocked east Africa is literally tearing the continent apart. But while the effects won’t ...
Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...
Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...
Researchers in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift reported a deep, rhythmic mantle “pulse” that is slowly tearing Africa apart to form a ...
A NEW ocean is forming beneath Ethiopia as a “heartbeat”-like pulse deep below the Earth’s surface splits the African continent in two, according to scientists. While a new ocean ...
A group of researchers from across the world has found that a steady, rhythmic pulse deep beneath Ethiopia’s Afar region, much like a human heartbeat, is gradually tearing the continent apart. Their s ...