Something is ‘pulsing’ beneath the Earth, scientists say – and could tear a continent apart - Rhythmic surges are like a ...

A deep, rhythmic pulse has been found surging like a heartbeat deep under Africa. At the Afar triple junction under Ethiopia, ...

Researchers at the University of Southampton have found something quite unusual taking place with our planet. They discovered ...

Rhythmic pulsing deep beneath landlocked east Africa is literally tearing the continent apart. But while the effects won’t ...

Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle ...

Deep beneath Earth’s surface, hot mantle rock slowly rises, fueling massive volcanic activity, tearing continents apart, and ...

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will one day create a new ocean. This is the conclusion of an international team ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

Beneath Turkey, Earth’s crust is dripping into the mantle in a rare event called lithospheric dripping—hinting at a slow, internal planetary collapse that could change geology forever.

"The expanding-Earth theory had the merit of explaining with a fixist model the evidence of ancient continental connections," ...

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field and the amount of oxygen in its atmosphere seem to be correlated—and scientists want ...