The world we live in is constantly changing - even the ground underneath our feet. Earth’s shell is made up of several large tectonic plates, which have been moving and splitting for billions of ...

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

Spanning an area of 50 hectares in the Great Rift Valley, between the extinct volcanoes of Mount Olorgesailie and Mount ...

Seismic upheaval in the Awash Fentale area has uprooted thousands from their homes. It has also raised questions about the ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

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A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break away from the rest of the continent sooner than previously thought. A 35-mile-long crack was discovered along a section of the East ...

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One of the world's continents is breaking apart faster than researchers previously predicted. The separation would create a ...