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New research has uncovered a fascinating link between volcanic eruptions and mysterious structures deep within Earth’s interior, challenging long-standing assumptions about the planet’s lower mantle.
Volcanoes across several US states have recently become active, while no immediate danger is reported, experts remain watchful as seismic activity continues.
A groundbreaking study published in Geophysical Research Letters has uncovered the origins of a long-standing mystery beneath ...
Learn more about BLOBS, mantel plumes 1,500 miles into Earth's mantel that contribute to massive volcanic eruptions on the surface.
New research traces the origins of Earth’s most powerful volcanic eruptions to mysterious continent-sized structures deep ...
Scientists in Australia have identified a possible cause of gigantic volcanic eruptions - mysterious 'blobs' about 1,200 ...
These formations, nicknamed "BLOBS," stretch across the mantle layer around 3,000 kilometres beneath the surface.
New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...
New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...
Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On ...
Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused ...
Giant, large-scale eruptions can have more serious impacts. One such event contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs 66 ...