Eastern Africa is being stretched as sections of the continent move apart along the East African Rift System. The process ...

Earth’s mantle appears to be leaking a little along Central Africa. If this continues to develop, this rift could grow into a new tectonic plate boundary—splitting the African continent in half. In a ...

Scientists have discovered a new tectonic boundary forming under Zambia, and it could tear Africa in two. The Kafue Rift is part of the Southwest African Rift System, a 1,500–mile (2,500 km) system of ...

A handful of ancient zircon crystals found in South Africa hold the oldest evidence of subduction, a key element of plate tectonics, according to a new study published today in AGU Advances, AGU’s ...

Africa is slowly splitting in two, geologists have confirmed, a process that will eventually tear entire nations away from the continent and lead to the formation of a new ocean. According to a ...

New finding contradicts previous assumptions about the role of mobile plate tectonics in the development of life on Earth. Moreover, the data suggests that 'when we're looking for exoplanets that ...

The East African Rift system represents a major zone of continental extension where the African Plate is slowly splitting into separate plates. Volcanism here is driven by upwelling mantle material ...

Within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, this renewed scientific and public discourse has converged upon the Asian–African Rift System, with particular emphasis on the Dead Sea Transform ...