Image depicting Earth's tectonic plates. The East Africa Rift System may lead the African plate to be split in two. iStock. Previously, it was thought the rotation direction was related to mantle ...

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

The Afar junction is the point at which the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates meet, each departing in their own directions to leave a widening gap under the Afar Triangle. Eventually, the crust ...

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and ...

Based on a series of models considering how the continents were assembled over time, researchers created an updated map of Earth's tectonic plates. Newsletters Amazon Prime Day Share a News Tip.

Rhythmic pulsing deep beneath landlocked east Africa is literally tearing the continent apart. But while the effects won’t ...

The map is the first to show the whereabouts of almost 100 massive remnants of what were once tectonic plates, but which long ago sank into the bowels of our planet through a process called ...

It took centuries for the modern theory of plate tectonics ... map of America was published in 1507, naturalists noted that the coastline of South America seemed to fit into the coastline of Africa.

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...