But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean. As a result of movement from the East ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an ...

The birth of a new ocean is slowly emerging in the African continent Under Ethiopia’s desert, a radical transformation is taking place. In 2005, a gigantic 35-mile-long crack opened like a gash in the ...

An Ethiopian woman scoops wheat to be allocated to each waiting family distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in Ethiopia on May 8, 2021.

This activity will ultimately generate a new ocean basin as the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden submerges the rift valley, and a separate landmass, including fragmentary pieces of Somalia, Kenya, ...

Africa is slowly tearing apart, and scientists are watching closely. The continent’s shifting plates could create a new ...

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

Initial projections estimated a 1% chance of collision, but recent calculations have doubled those odds to 2.3%. Scientists admit, however, that much remains unknown about the asteroid's size and ...

Now, the settlement faces another major obstacle, critical to its long-term viability: the development of a commercial corridor between the two nations that allows Ethiopia access to ... Red Sea and ...

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break away from the rest of the continent sooner than previously thought. A 35-mile-long crack was discovered along a section of the East ...