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

Earth's five oceans were formed by the constant movement of tectonic plates beneath us, and the same process is already ...

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

While continental drifts take eons to fully effectuate, this ongoing split has experts concerned about its rapid progress.

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...

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

Recent scientific discoveries reveal two extraordinary phenomena that could change our understanding of Earth's hydrology.

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

Previously, researchers believed that the split would take tens of millions of years, but now scientists say it could happen ...

The Afar sits at the crossroads of three tectonic plates — the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian — which are gradually pulling away from one another. This process, known as rifting, is reshaping the ...

"It marked the start of a long process in which the African plate is splitting into two tectonic plates: the Somali plate and the Nubian plate," said Unilad. Then, in 2018, another crack appeared in ...