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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.
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'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 ...
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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 ...
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Deep Earth pulses beneath Africa are tearing the continent apart
The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...
Volcano Tourism Can Kill You. So Why Do Some Travellers Like Playing With Fire?
The death of a 26-year-old Brazilian publicist and trekker has raised concerns about the safety of volcano tourism ...
Scientists detect deep Earth pulses beneath Africa
Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle ...
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A continent in the making: How lava bursts from Earth’s mantle are creating a new ocean in Africa
In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...
Mysterious deep Earth ‘heartbeat’ pulsing beneath Africa will form NEW ocean as it splits continent in two
A NEW ocean is forming beneath Ethiopia as a “heartbeat”-like pulse deep below the Earth’s surface splits the African ...
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 ...
Magma 'Heartbeat' Is Tearing Continent Apart, Geologists Discover
A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...
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Scientists Detect Deep, Rhythmic Pulse Coming From Inside the Earth
Scientists identified a heartbeat-like rhythmic pulse trapped within the Earth — and say it has profound implications for a ...
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Earth Is Pulsing Beneath Africa Where The Crust Is Being Torn Apart
The Afar junction is the point at which the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates meet, each departing in their own directions to leave a widening gap under the Afar Triangle. Eventually, the crust ...