Eastern Africa is being stretched as sections of the continent move apart along the East African Rift System. The process ...

Scientists are observing one of Earth's most dramatic long-term geological processes unfolding beneath eastern Africa, where the continent is gradually splitting apart along an active tectonic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, scientists say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A shot of the Main Ethiopian Rift, taken at Boset Volcano in Ethiopia. - Courtesy Prof. Thomas Gernon/University of Southampton ...

The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, scientists say. Researchers have determined that Eastern Africa will likely split from the ...

(CNN) — Time and time again, Hollywood has embraced an imminent apocalypse, as films like “2012” beamed the fictionalized end of the world onto the big screen. Fortunately, the scientific logic for ...

Christian Rowan - PHOTO: Late Miocene fossil-bearing strata of Lothagam in West Turkana. The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, ...