The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...
Africa. This is happening along the East African Rift, a long stretch of land where the Earth’s surface is slowly pulling ...
Africa is undergoing a gradual geological transformation, with tectonic forces slowly pulling the continent apart. This process, driven by movements along the East African Rift System, is separating ...
The Earth's crust is composed of approximately 15 to 20 tectonic plates, which float on molten magma beneath the Earth.
Scientists say Africa is gradually breaking apart along the East African Rift. The process is slow, but it could one day ...
Africa gradually pulled apart along the East African rift, a slow tectonic shift that could have formed a new ocean and ...