AFRICA is splitting apart at ... accompanied by a fresh coastline. The new ocean could become as deep as the Atlantic if waters continue to flow into the area, added Macdonald.

Ever wonder what’s going on beneath your feet? Take the East African Rift, for example. This massive crack in the Earth’s ...

"The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea will flood in over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley and become a new ocean, and that part of East Africa will become its own separate small ...

Indeed, the East African Rift mirrors, and provides insight into, the formation of the Atlantic Ocean millions of years ago. The rift sits as a constant reminder of the power of the Earth and its ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent ... Feisal Omar/Reuters A Somali man jumps into the Indian Ocean at a beach in the capital, Mogadishu, to join a group ...

Africa is slowly tearing itself in two. Scientists predict that this seismic split, currently in its infancy, will one day divide the continent into two ... Future Ocean to Form Once the ...

The East African Rift, stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, sets the stage for a new ocean. The African and Somali plates diverge at 0.8 cm annually, forming a 60-km-long rift in Ethiopia ...

The north of Africa shares a boundary with Asia. Africa is surrounded by the Indian Ocean in the east ... and rises high into the atmosphere. As it rises, it becomes cooler, condenses back ...