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

Scientists are predicting that Earth's eighth continent could develop a lot sooner than initially thought. We'll be long dead ...

This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we ...

While continental drifts take eons to fully effectuate, this ongoing split has experts concerned about its rapid progress.

One of the world's continents is breaking apart faster than researchers previously predicted. The separation would create a ...

An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

While the actual dramatic split and creation of a new continent and ocean are at least a million years away and we'll all ...

Recent scientific discoveries reveal two extraordinary phenomena that could change our understanding of Earth's hydrology.

On Jan. 3, the USGS reported magnitude 5.5 and 5.7 earthquakes in the Rift Valley of central Ethiopia ... lava that rises over 3,600 feet above the ocean floor. It is still far below the ocean ...

Earth once just had one continent known as Pangea that slowly broke apart to form the continents we know today.

Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

Where is the Dead Sea located? This famous saltwater lake lies between Jordan and Israel, making it the lowest point on Earth ...