A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent apart and potentially marking the birth of a new ocean. At least, that's what a ...
A giant rift running through East Africa is slowly pulling the continent apart, stretching for roughly 4,000 miles through ...
The desert floor in Ethiopia looks fixed and ancient, but it is moving. Across the Afar region and down the East African Rift, the African continent is being pulled apart by forces deep below the ...
Scientists predict Africa’s gradual split will eventually form a new ocean, creating separate landmasses. This tectonic shift ...
The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, scientists say. Researchers have determined that Eastern Africa will likely split from the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Magnetic data collected in the late 1960s reveals how the ...
(CNN) — Time and time again, Hollywood has embraced an imminent apocalypse, as films like “2012” beamed the fictionalized end of the world onto the big screen. Fortunately, the scientific logic for ...