Large-scale volcanic eruptions have severe impacts. One such event contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs, in addition to the asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago. These phenomena ...

By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered ...

Pillars of hot rock appear to connect continental-size moving blobs at the bottom of Earth's mantle to giant volcanic ...

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused ...

When scorching columns of rock, known as deep mantle plumes, first rise from depths of nearly 3,000 kilometers (almost 2,000 ...

MYSTERIOUS ‘BLOBS’ lurking beneath the Earth’s surface could be responsible for the cataclysmic volcanic eruptions that ...

Scientists have identified mysterious 'blobs' about 1,200 miles under the Earth's surface that could cause massive volcanic ...

While many science books would have you believe the Earth’s lower mantle—the layer deep below the crust—is smooth, it’s actually made up of a mountainous-like … The post Volcanic eruptions may be ...

Learn more about BLOBS, mantel plumes 1,500 miles into Earth's mantel that contribute to massive volcanic eruptions on the ...

The blobs hold themselves separate from the surrounding mantle because they are especially hot spots. It’s important to know where these spots lie, ...

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