MERMAIDs have taken a snapshot of a rather sizeable, deep superheated umbrella hiding beneath the Galápagos. The Galápagos, those wondrous wildlife enclaves that so enraptured Darwin, are a series of volcanic islands. It’s largely been suspected that what’s powering all this volcanism is a mantle plume. They let them loose near the Galápagos, hoping to see if a plume was hiding out there. For two years, as earthquakes sent ripples through the crust and mantle and bounced back to the surface, these probes listened.

Source: Forbes February 06, 2019 13:44 UTC