New study reveals that the Earth's mantle was not as hot when Pangaea began to break apart millions of years ago.

Where continents rift apart, new crust is formed from upwelling magma. Eventually, a new ocean basin forms. In this web focus we present opinion pieces, along with research and overview articles that ...

Using an automated method to create a high-resolution map of the seismic velocity below the seafloor, researchers found a large-scale gas reservoir in an area where the Earth's upper layers are being ...

Lava flows from the 2005 Mando Hararo eruption in Ethiopia. Alright, I had been attempting to ignore this story because it was, well, a little uninteresting at first, but it apparently has legs so I ...

The mystery of how continents break up could be solved with clues from the rifting earth of Ethiopia, researchers find. Since the 1960s, scientists have known that over the course of millions of years ...

Scientists are studying carbon emissions through fault systems in the East African Rift (EAR) in an effort to understand carbon emissions from Earth's interior and how it affects the atmosphere.

Discover how volcanic activity in Africa is reshaping the continent, causing tectonic shifts and new ocean formation. Explore the Ethiopian East African Rift. Lava flows from the 2005 Mando Hararo ...