Plate tectonics have caused the landmasses to shift over time, and another shift is occurring in the 21st century. Scientists have known for the past two decades that Africa has been splitting.

A massive eruption of magma around 135 million years ago may have been the driving force behind the tectonic rift that split ...

Africa is undergoing a gradual geological transformation, with tectonic forces slowly pulling the continent apart. This process, driven by movements along the East African Rift System, is ...

Just when you thought you had seen or heard it all, and then bam! Africa is splitting into two continents. The splitting of Africa will create a new ocean, the sixth one. Unfortunately, we will not ...

This rift, a tectonic fault line, marks where the Somalian and Nubian plates are slowly moving apart, setting the stage for Africa’s eventual split. Future Ocean to Form Once the continental ...