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A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...
Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...
The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...
The African Plate is splitting into two independent tectonic plates - the Nubian and Somali - as a result of a tremendous rising of hot, partially molten rock known as the African Superplume.
In the Afar region of Ethiopia, the ground beneath our feet is stretching and tearing at a rate of 16 millimeters per year ...
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 ...