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

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

Geological Shift in East Africa Could Reshape World Map. Africa. DC Web Desk. 16 May 2025 4:48 PM IST. The East African Rift, ... forming new coastlines and altering northeast Africa's climate and ...

Africa's Great Rift is one of the few places on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity, with the Somali and Nubian plates moving apart. This process is how the Atlantic Ocean ...

The African continent is undergoing a dramatic transformation as tectonic forces carve a path toward the formation of a new ocean. The East African Rift System, a vast network of faults stretching ...

As a postdoctoral researcher, Stamps began observing the East African Rift System's unusual, rift-parallel deformation using data from GPS stations that measured signals from more than 30 ...

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 ...

The East African Rift System (EARS) is a 4,000-mile-long continent rift that stretches from Jordan in southwestern Asia into east Africa around Mozambique.

Africa's Rift Valley formation Credit: NASA/JPL/NIMASRTM. Lire en français. The rift system in East Africa is a key factor in increasing aridity and long dry periods in the region, a new study ...

Geologists have long known that Africa is slowly breaking apart in a region called the East African Rift System (EARS), but the driving force behind this massive geological process was up for debate.

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 ...

Iceland sits atop a similar rift area as Northern Africa, and it's possible to scuba dive into a lake that has formed between the separating areas.. When was the last time we got a new ocean? Without ...