Eastern Africa is being stretched as sections of the continent move apart along the East African Rift System. The process ...

When people think about continents, they usually imagine something permanent and unchanging. Borders shift, countries rise and fall, but the land itself feels solid. Yet deep beneath Africa’s surface, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, scientists say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A shot of the Main Ethiopian Rift, taken at Boset Volcano in Ethiopia. - Courtesy Prof. Thomas Gernon/University of Southampton ...

Christian Rowan - PHOTO: Late Miocene fossil-bearing strata of Lothagam in West Turkana. The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, ...

(CNN) — Time and time again, Hollywood has embraced an imminent apocalypse, as films like “2012” beamed the fictionalized end of the world onto the big screen. Fortunately, the scientific logic for ...