AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert, first ...

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

Scientists have warned that the African continent is splitting apart at a faster rate than previously thought. A 56-kilometer ...

This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we ...

A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break away from the rest of the continent sooner than previously ...

While the actual dramatic split and creation of a new continent and ocean are at least a million years away and we'll all ...

researchers have discovered that the forces deep beneath Africa are making the continent split apart, making way for a new ocean to form. The East African Rift - a huge crack in the Earth’s ...

This superplume is not only a widely-accepted source of the pull-apart forces that ... including the Horn of Africa. Dramatic events, such as sudden motorway-splitting faults can give continental ...

Tectono forms is fueling biodiversity: Split of the species, African and Arabian Moving tectonic plates do not restrict themselves ... Both species used to fill the same space but then the habitats ...

The extensive rift extends through a minimum of ten countries. Researchers suggest that Africa's eastern and western fissures indicate potential openings in various directions.

This rift, a tectonic fault line, marks where the Somalian and Nubian plates are slowly moving apart, setting the stage for Africa’s eventual split. Future Ocean to Form Once the continental ...

A dramatic transformation is unfolding in Africa as tectonic forces split the continent. The East African Rift, stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, sets the stage for a new ocean.