In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

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.

Scientists have discovered a pulsating magma plume beneath Africa’s Afar region, slowly splitting the continent. This Rift ...

Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing discoveries.

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 rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...

In the remote wilderness of northeastern Utah, a strange and unsettling phenomenon is quietly unfolding. A massive earth ...

A report notes the state could produce 163 gigawatts of geothermal power — more than 15 times its electrical output capacity ...

Within just a few million years, the continental plates begin to bend and squish toward each other. Around 200 million years ...

Earthquakes in West Texas and southern New Mexico are raising concerns about seismic activity potentially linked to oil and gas operations.According to a geology professor at New Mexico State ...

This insight was revolutionary. When Heezen, as a newly-minted Ph.D., gave a talk at Princeton in 1957 and showed the rift valley and epicenters, geology department chair Harry Hess replied, “You have ...