Scientists say Africa is slowly splitting in two due to molten rock pulses beneath Ethiopia, potentially forming a new ocean ...

A massive crack in East Africa is growing fast. Scientists believe it could one day split the continent and form Earth’s ...

A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...

The East African Rift System is a 4,000-mile-long, 22-million-year-old zone that extends from Jordan to Mozambique. And it's been increasingly active in the past two decades, leading to ...

The East African Rift, one of the planet's most active fault systems. Top, ... Geological Shift in East Africa Could Reshape World Map. Africa. DC Web Desk. 16 May 2025 4:48 PM IST.

The East African Rift System stretches more than 2,000 miles from the Red Sea in the north down to Mozambique in the south. It’s the largest active continental rift on Earth, where the tectonic ...

An area of East Africa could be separated from the continent sooner than previously thought, with a 35-mile crack along the East African rift in Afar currently under watch.

Discover why Africa is slowly splitting into two continents due to the East African Rift. This geological transformation, involving tectonic plate movements, could reshape the continent’s ...

In East Africa, geothermal energy is big business, and that’s all thanks to the East African Rift System (EARS). One of the largest rift systems on Earth—stretching 4,000 miles from Ethiopia ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of ...