Tulane University scientists, working with an international research team, have identified why some sections of the Earth’s crust remain stable while others fracture — a discovery that challenges long ...
The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...
Africa. This is happening along the East African Rift, a long stretch of land where the Earth’s surface is slowly pulling ...
The African continent is undergoing a geological transformation that, in the distant future, could create a new ocean. Researchers studying the East African Rift System have observed the tectonic ...
Continents drift apart in slow, powerful motions that reshape the world above and below your feet. A new study now shows that when continents split, they also shed parts of their deep roots. Those ...
Africa gradually pulled apart along the East African rift, a slow tectonic shift that could have formed a new ocean and ...