The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...
Beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, scientists have discovered pulsing waves of molten rock rising from deep within the Earth — a geological heartbeat that could eventually split Africa in two. These ...
"It's tearin' up my heart when I'm with you, but when we are apart, I feel it, too." Sure, it's a great opener to a pop song, but it also briefly describes what's happening to Africa. The continent is ...
Africa gradually pulled apart along the East African rift, a slow tectonic shift that could have formed a new ocean and ...
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