The future of earthlings depends on the well-being of the underground ‘tree’

As experts have established, the diameter of this ‘tree’, which stretches for thousands of kilometres, reaches 800 km. The mantle plume has a number of branches, which cause earthquakes in the region.

It is important to understand that mantle plumes and the volcanoes they create are part of a global process that influences the planet’s climate and ecosystem. And whether humanity will survive, according to the researchers, depends on this giant.