Scientists find Earth’s mantle beating like a heart, slowly tearing Africa apart

Scientists Detect Deep, Rhythmic Pulse Coming From Inside the Earth

DJ Earth Scientists have discovered a heartbeat-like pulse emanating from inside the Earth beneath the continent of Africa, which they believe will one day rip the continent into pieces. In a new study published today in the journal Nature Geoscience, a team of European and African scientists explain how they used chemical signatures to examine this inner-Earth heartbeat, explaining that molten chunks of mantle — the rocky layer found between th…

"Rhythmic surges" detected in Africa where a new ocean is forming

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

A giant pulse beneath Africa could split the continent — and form an ocean

Beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, scientists have discovered pulsing waves of molten rock rising from deep within the Earth — a geological heartbeat that could eventually split Africa in two. These rhythmic surges of mantle material are helping to stretch and thin the continent’s crust, setting the stage for a new ocean to form in millions of years. The pulses aren’t random: they follow patterns shaped by the tectonic plates above, behaving d…

Scientists Detect ‘Pulse’ Deep Beneath Africa as New Ocean Slowly Forms

Manda-Hararo rift in the Afar region of Ethiopia. Credit: DavidMPyle / CC BY-SA 4.0 A steady underground pulse has been discovered beneath East Africa, where researchers believe a new ocean is gradually forming. The rhythmic movement was found in the Afar region of Ethiopia, a geological hotspot where three giant sections of the Earth’s crust—the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates—are slowly pulling apart. The site, known as the Afar Triple Ju…

Africa’s Continental Split May Hold Clues To What’s Happening Deep Inside Earth

Hot rock is flowing like thick syrup through the Earth's interior, but scientists have found that the speed at which continents split apart at the surface is actually controlling how that molten material moves in the deep. The post Africa’s Continental Split May Hold Clues To What’s Happening Deep Inside Earth appeared first on Study Finds.

Is Earth Forming a New Ocean? Scientists Report Odd Pulses Coming From Deep Below the African Continent

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