Beach tar from oil in the ocean has come up on Montecito beaches in the last two days. The source is unknown but natural ...

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

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

The origins in question, researchers believe, could be the BLOBS found deep within the Earth. These mysterious structures ...

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 ...

Mysterious white blobs have been reported on Canada's Newfoundland beaches. Environment and Climate Change Canada But the experts weren't to be dragged into the speculation.

New research has uncovered a fascinating link between volcanic eruptions and mysterious structures deep within Earth’s ...

Mysterious Blobs in Earth’s Mantle Are ‘Like a Map’ for Volcanic Eruptions “In the past 250 million years, 80 to 90 percent of large eruptions are located around the edges of the blobs.” ...

Mysterious white blobs have been spotted on Newfoundland shores since September. Philip Grace/Facebook Most are around 6 inches in diameter and look doughy, “like someone had tried to bake bread ...

The blobs were removed in 2017 and, outside of sticker packs, haven’t come back. While this latest revival isn’t quite a full return, it’s the closest we’ve had to date.

The blobs of rock under Earth’s crust are each the size of a continent and 100 times taller than Mount Everest. One sits under Africa, while the other can be found under the Pacific Ocean.