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Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...
A steady, rhythmic beat like that of a human heart beneath Ethiopia's Afar region is slowly pulling the continent apart.
A group of researchers from across the world has found that a steady, rhythmic pulse deep beneath Ethiopia’s Afar region, ...
A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...
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The Afar region lies within the East African Rift System, an area where tectonic plates are drifting apart. As these plates separate, the Earth’s crust thins and may eventually split completely.
Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that's beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to separate.