In 5 to 10 million years, this will create a new ocean and reshape the geography and trade routes of Eastern Africa, ...

What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...

If the two tectonic ... be affected by the split between the Nubian and Somali plates. The plates are diverging by 7 mm every year. It is estimated the complete split of Africa will happen in ...

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

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

The finding also helps us understand plate tectonics. The continent formed millions of years ago. It was part of a rift system between Greenland and Canada. Image credits: Canva In a surprising ...

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the ...

Moreover, the finding enhances our understanding of how ancient crustal pieces became trapped during continental separation, the birth of new oceans, and plate tectonic reorganisation. As pas a ...

South Africa’s Democratic Alliance is deeply divided about staying in the country’s ruling coalition following a standoff over the budget. The DA, the second-largest party in the the so-called ...