The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated.

While it is true that Africa is splitting apart and scientists currently believe a new ocean will eventually form as a result, this is a process that is taking place slowly over millions of years.

Africa. This is happening along the East African Rift, a long stretch of land where the Earth’s surface is slowly pulling ...

Deep beneath East Africa, the planet is quietly rewriting its own map. A colossal crack is opening in the crust, slowly enough that no one alive today will see the final result, yet fast enough that ...

The Earth's crust is composed of approximately 15 to 20 tectonic plates, which float on molten magma beneath the Earth.