The surface of Earth could be viewed as a simple jigsaw ... or forming basins when continents are torn apart, as is happening in East Africa. Our new research used geological and geophysical ...

Researchers have found fresh evidence that Africa is breaking apart because of a deep mantle superplume of hot rock beneath ...

In recent years, East Africa has been experiencing significant surface fractures due to the separation of two tectonic plates, potentially leading to the formation of a new ocean. One notable ...

Meghan Bartels is a science journalist based in New York City who covers the science happening on the surface of Earth ... up how much land was being torn apart over time and compare the extent ...

Africa could be torn apart like paper ... is one of the few places on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity, with the Somali and Nubian plates moving apart. This process is how ...

What is the closest Earth could get to the Sun without being pulled in or torn to bits ... So the Earth would roast before it fell apart. For the second part of the question, we probably couldn ...

These dynamics aren't immediately obvious at the surface, but they reveal how the mantle and crust work together to shape Earth's topography ... But the plate is also being torn apart as it ...

A massive geological transformation is taking place in East Africa, where a hidden force beneath the Earth's surface is slowly tearing the continent apart. The process stems from the East African ...