In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

New reports have uncovered shocking details about the formation of the world’s sixth ocean!250 million years ago, the ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

Ethiopia’s Rift Valley has experienced at least 10 recent earthquakes, with the strongest reaching a 5.8 magnitude, ...

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

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

1). Thus, we do not know how strain is being accommodated nor the linkage between these two rift basins with different tectonic histories and orientations. Figure 1: (a) Structural map of the East ...

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries ... On land, giant troughs such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa form where plates are tugged apart. If the plates there ...

The rift sits as a constant reminder of the power of the Earth and its tectonic plates. The creation of a new ocean may seem a long time away, but its impacts will leave a lasting mark on the ...

The aviation color code over the area has been changed from green to yellow as a precaution, the Icelandic meteorological ...