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

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

But for geologists, what’s more interesting is what lies beneath the scorching ground. The Afar sits at the crossroads of three tectonic plates — the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian — which are gradually ...

But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean. As a result of movement from the East ...

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

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 ...

Ethiopia is grappling with an escalating seismic crisis as a series of earthquakes linked to the East African Rift raises ...

Erta Ale—"smoking mountain" in the Afar language—erupted. What set off these startling events? Miles below the surface a mammoth burp of magma had welled up between two tectonic plates ...

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 -- is ...

A similar process created the nearby Saudi Arabian peninsula ... track how the tectonic plates underlying Africa are separating, specifically in the region known at Afar, which includes northern ...