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

Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying 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 ...

Normally, a true oceanic basin with ocean floor forms after about 300-400 km [186-248 miles] of extension, which, with the current rates, may take another 10 million years or more," van Hinsbergen ...

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A 35-mile-long crack, known as the East African Rift, is gradually tearing ...

The African continent’s rift has been studied for several decades, but new satellite measurements are helping scientists study the gradual birth of an ocean.

A group of performers stepped and swayed in the sand at an open-air studio on the Senegalese coast as Germaine Acogny, known as the mother of contemporary African dance, called out to them.

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.

Think Big with an African Ocean Safari. 2 minute read. Alex Perry. November 18, 2009 12:00 AM EST. Y ou can’t go to Africa and not do a safari.

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.