Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift ...

Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and runs smack in the middle of the United States at the Great Lakes. The rift ...

The phenomenon has happened before and is due to an active continental rift zone The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section of Northern Africa could pull the ...

Scientists warn that a crack in Africa could create giant mountains in the future that could surpass the Himalayas.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sophisticated chemical analysis of volcanic gases from Kenya have ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Though East Africa used to be more of a savanna than a desert, it has dried out over the millennia. With less water in the lakes, especially Lake ...

For billions of years, the continents have cruised across Earth’s surface like tectonic vessels, but they have not survived unscathed. Waves in the underlying layer known as the mantle can scour off ...

For several years, social media pages and accounts have claimed that a new ocean is forming in Africa. The claim has been spread by YouTube (archived) videos (archived) with views in the millions, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Magnetic data collected in the late 1960s reveals how the ...

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 the ...

The phenomenon has happened before and is due to an active continental rift zone Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...