Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University ...

The vast mountains are believed to be at least a billion years old, but they could date back as far as four billion years to ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous regions, often referred to as "islands," which are the size of continents.

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge 'islands' with the size of a continent. New research shows that these regions are not only hotter than the surrounding graveyard of cold sunken ...

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

Taiwan is one of the most seismically active places in the world, and one of the most advanced when it comes to earthquake ...

Their existence contradicts the common assertion the Earth’s mantle is well-mixed, suggesting our models are wrong.

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj ...

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024 ... volcanoes thanks ...

New research finds that the Cape Verde hotspot, which still exists under the island nation in the Central ... based on how the tectonic plates have moved over hundreds of millions of years ...

A hotspot that is now located in the Atlantic played a key role in forming the lakes, home to a fifth of the world's fresh ...

As we take our daily walks along the Earth’s surface, there are secrets hidden under our feet. Just this week, research revealed that two ancient, massive islands are buried in the planet’s mantle.