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Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Yellowstone and Hawaiʻi. These systems a well known for producing large volumes of magma through time and leaving chains of volcanic features in their wake, although they do so in very different ways.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting, spewing hot lava hundreds of feet into the sky. The eruption began Tuesday at the volcano's summit crater inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

This study out of the University of Houston points to a new theory that as North America began to split away, the Great Lakes ...

Research unveils a new theory about the origin of the Great Lakes, challenging what we know about their age and formation.

Two massive structures are located inside Earth - under the Pacific Ocean and beneath Africa and parts of the Atlantic. No ...

Hot mantle plumes sit in one place for long periods of time while the crust slowly creeps over them. Yellowstone National Park, the Hawaiian Islands, and American Samoa are all landscapes formed ...

Plumes plainly reach the surface at present-day mantle temperatures, leading to events like continental flood basalts and persistent hotspots, such as Hawaii. But, what about in the past ...