In the geologic history of Earth, shifting plate tectonics are commonplace, and Africa's impending rift is but another chapter in that story. The Earth's continents are far from constant.

Africa will divide in two, creating a new ocean in real time. Scientists say a sixth ocean is forming as East Africa splits ...

Africa, although it seems like a uniform landmass, is gradually splitting into two parts. This change is the result of ...

An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

Recent scientific discoveries reveal two extraordinary phenomena that could change our understanding of Earth's hydrology.

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries ... On land, giant troughs such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa form where plates are tugged apart. If the plates there ...

Dinosaurs have captured people’s imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described in 1822 by ...

Instead, these plates are still stretching and gradually ... by carefully analyzing tectonic movements across Africa, Phethean and his colleagues have challenged this theory and put forward ...

Africa, South America ... The continents are carried by the Earth's tectonic plates like people on an escalator. There are currently 7 giant plates sliding across the Earth's surface, and a ...