(FrankRamspott/E+/Getty Images) Geologists have discovered that the African continent will split apart sooner than we thought. An active rift has reached a "critical threshold" and will soon break ...

The findings did not come from earthquakes or volcanic activity, but from the analysis of gases emerging from hot springs in ...

Helium gases from deep inside Earth were found in Zambia’s hot springs. This proves the Kafue Rift may be forming a new plate ...

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A 35-mile-long crack, known as the East African Rift, is gradually tearing through ...

It could have literally earth-shaking implications for the (very) long-term future of the continent.

If this continues to develop, this rift could grow into a new tectonic plate boundary—splitting the African continent in half ...

The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, scientists say. Researchers have determined that Eastern Africa will likely split from the ...

Scientists are observing one of Earth's most dramatic long-term geological processes unfolding beneath eastern Africa, where ...

For several years, social media pages and accounts have claimed that a new ocean is forming in Africa. The claim has been spread by YouTube (archived) videos (archived) with views in the millions, ...