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Mantle Waves Peel Continental Roots to Feed Ocean Volcanoes, Study Finds

Geochemical evidence from the Indian Ocean points to slow mantle waves that ferry continental fragments beneath newborn oceans.

Seismic Images Reveal Explorer Plate Tearing in Stages Beneath Northern Cascadia

MIT Team Finds Potassium-40 Anomaly That Points to Surviving Proto‑Earth Mantle

New Study Finds Cascadia and San Andreas Quakes Have Often Struck in Tandem

Study Finds Cascadia Megathrust Often Triggers Northern San Andreas in Closely Timed Quakes

MIT Lab Quakes Reveal Where Earthquake Energy Goes

Study Confirms 830–820 Ma Origin of Niobium-Rich Carbonatites in Central Australia

San Bernardino County Rattled by Fresh 3.5-Magnitude Quake in Ongoing Tremor Swarm

Canada Updates Seismic Model After Study Flags Yukon’s Tintina Fault as 7.5-Magnitude Threat

Northern Appalachian Heat Anomaly Linked to Ancient Labrador Sea Rift

Scientists Confirm Rhythmic Mantle Pulses Driving Africa’s Rift

Pulsing Mantle ‘Heartbeat’ Beneath Afar Fuels Africa’s Rift

Axial Seamount Submarine Volcano Near Oregon Braces for Imminent Eruption