Discover why Africa is slowly splitting into two continents due to the East African Rift. This geological transformation, ...

But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean. As a result of movement from the East ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an ...

As two of Earth's great tectonic plates slowly crash together, the Mediterranean Sea is likely to be wiped off the face of ...

Africa is slowly tearing apart, and scientists are watching closely. The continent’s shifting plates could create a new ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

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.

and the South American Plate from the African Plate in the South Atlantic. These plates are still moving apart, so the Atlantic is growing at the ridge, at a rate of about 2.5 cm per year in an ...

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