Mantle plumes were the implicit link in previous studies relating BLOBS to giant volcanic eruptions. Their shape is a bit ...

Volcanic eruptions at Earth's surface have significant consequences. Smaller ones can scare tourists on Mount Etna or disrupt ...

New research traces the origins of Earth’s most powerful volcanic eruptions to mysterious continent-sized structures deep ...

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