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

Africa has been gradually splitting into two, slowly creating what will be a new ocean. While we first learned about this two ...

with a 35-mile crack along the East African rift in Afar currently under watch. Experts monitoring the gap say the deepening crack will eventually separate from the rest of the continent as water ...

The Geological Society of London says of Africa’s severing: ‘Today the EAR remains above sea level however in the future, as extension continues along the rift, the rift valley will sink lower and ...

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

Signs of this dramatic shift lie in the East African Rift System (EARS), one of the largest ... a new ocean will form in the space left behind. This will redefine coastlines, giving landlocked ...

the African cobra due to the influence of this tectonic activity. Both species used to fill the same space but then the habitats drifted apart by geographic separation, called vicariance. The lesson ...

The East African Rift - a huge crack in the Earth’s surface - is at the centre of this activity, which stretches from Mozambique in the south to the Red Sea in the north. It represents the only ...

The East African Rift, stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, sets the stage for a new ocean. The African and Somali plates diverge at 0.8 cm annually, forming a 60-km-long rift in Ethiopia ...

Researchers have discovered a major shift happening in Africa. Forces deep inside the Earth make Africa split apart and create a pathway for a new ocean to form. The East African Rift, a huge crack in ...

east african rift valley stock illustrations Tintron Lava Tube Cave at Thingvellir National Park in Iceland -... Tintron lava tube cave at Thingvellir National Park in Iceland. Vintage etching circa ...

Series investigating the geological forces which shaped East Africa's Great Rift Valley and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes ...