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 ...

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

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as the East African Rift. Far from being a mere curiosity, this rift holds the ...

A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break away from the rest of the continent sooner than previously ...

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

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

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

North Norfolk has always been beloved by a certain kind of low-key, stylish city dweller, from Jonathan Anderson to Paula ...

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 ...

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

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