A new ocean is forming in East Africa due to tectonic shifts, potentially reshaping the continent and altering global ...

Their research revealed that in the present day, deep below the Earth’s surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate – the ocean floor that used to be between the Arabian and Eurasian continents ...

Iraq is sinking. Or, to be exact, the region surrounding the Zagros Mountains in the country’s north is. A team of ...

Discover why Africa is slowly splitting into two continents due to the East African Rift. This geological transformation, ...

Their research has revealed that in the present day, deep below the Earth's surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate—the ocean floor that used to be between the Arabian and Eurasian continents—is ...

An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

The Zagros Mountains, stretching over 1,500 kilometers from eastern Turkey to southeastern Iran towards the Gulf of Oman, are ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...