The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the surface of our planet. These mantle upwellings, sometimes referred to as mantle ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Magnetic data collected in the late 1960s reveals how the ...

Active lava flows spilling out of the Erta Ale volcano in Afar, Ethiopia. The Afar Rift zone is one of the few examples on Earth where three tectonic rifts converge. Experts previously theorized this ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sophisticated chemical analysis of volcanic gases from Kenya have ...

Tucked into the north-east of Ethiopia is an area known as the Afar region (home to the Afar people), a place characterised by curious geology, archaeological wonders, and incredible wildlife. With ...