An expert at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon that can wreak havoc across California.

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Discover why Africa is slowly splitting into two continents due to the East African Rift. This geological transformation, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates ...