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"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...
Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...
Some of the fastest ocean currents in the world have been discovered off South Africa, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar. These can be used to generate energy.
Kathryn Jones is on a mission to read every plaque in every D.C.-area Smithsonian. While she didn’t start the project for ...
A confluence of factors, including warmer-than-average water temperatures, could mean a heightened 2025 hurricane season.
A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...
A massive crack in East Africa is growing fast. Scientists believe it could one day split the continent and form Earth’s ...
The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.
By founding the first African American scuba club, Albert José Jones led the way for Black divers to explore the ocean—and their own history.
A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...
Tectonic pulses beneath Africa are splitting the continent apart to produce a new ocean, according to University of ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Zoo is welcoming a special guest for World Ocean Day! On June 8, an African Penguin from Jenkinson’s Aquarium will offer Staten Islanders a rare, up ...