Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

The Wandan mud volcano has erupted in Taiwan, sending bubbling mud shooting into the air as locals ignite ejected gases with ...

A giant crack in the heart of the Great Rift Valley Since 2005, the Great Rift Valley region, at the junction of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, has been undergoing a dramatic transformation. A fissure ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent ...

A research team found evidence that a plume of hot mantle and tectonic plates generate activity deep beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, which will one day tear apart the African continent and create ...

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

Helicopters buzzed in the shadow of a smouldering volcano and boats rescued dummies from the sea this week in a show of ...

On the afternoon of September 19, the Cumbre Vieja volcano roared to life, spewing molten rock down its flanks and sending a column of ash billowing skyward. The island's abundant volcanoes are ...

Iceland tourism is booming despite the devastating volcano eruption in 2023. North and East Iceland are attracting adventure travelers with authentic experiences.

By 1:40 a.m. Friday, the lava fountains erupting from the volcano's north vent were reaching heights of over 1,000 feet, the observatory said. That intensity overlapped with an increase in seismic ...