Scientists have identified the cause of the breakup of one of Earth's largest continents, which could eventually lead to the ...

AFRICA is splitting apart – meaning the continent will form two separate land masses with an ocean in between in several ...

Scientists' analysis of volcanic gases from Kenya have provided possible evidence of worrying activity beneath East Africa ...

Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the ...

Scientists have identified the cause of the breakup of one of the largest continents on Earth, which could lead to the ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that East Africa is splitting faster than previously believed due to a fiery upwelling of ...

Scientists have confirmed the existence of Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, largely submerged for over 100 million years.

Experts have long known that portions of the continent are separating by as much as 0.3 inches a year in some places. Volcanic and geologic evidence in Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa indicates ...

In each illustration, the continent is divided into its upper crust, lower crust and continental lithosphere layers plus a relatively unstable thermal boundary layer. Beneath the continent is the ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's ... one beneath the Pacific Ocean and one beneath Africa — lie at the boundary between Earth's mantle and its outer core, some 1,900 miles (3,000 ...

A tectonic boundary now divides Zealandia into northern and southern sections, tracing along the Pacific and Australian plates. Although the idea of an underwater continent first surfaced decades ...