Africa is undergoing a gradual geological transformation, with tectonic forces slowly pulling the continent apart. This ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as the East African Rift. Far from being a mere curiosity, this rift holds the ...

Over two hundred fifty million years ago, India, Africa, Australia, and South America were all one continent called Pangea. Over the next several million years, this giant southern continent ...

How the Cape Verde hotspot shaped the formation of the Great Lakes region ... Million years ago, Earth was part of the supercontinent Pangaea. During this time, the Cape Verde hotspot lay under ...