In an extraordinary geological revelation, a lost continent has been discovered submerged beneath the Indian Ocean. This new finding reinvigorates the discourse surrounding the ancient supercontinent, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift ...

Scientists confirm the northern boundaries of Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, is submerged across almost two million ...

While Atlantis—a fabled continent said to have been swallowed by the sea—continues to elude its seekers, another long-lost and less famous land mass has been discovered at the bottom of the ocean. The ...

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In one of the hottest places on Earth, along an arid stretch of East Africa’s Afar region, it’s possible to stand on the exact ...

We’re all reminded from time to time that Earth’s tectonic plates are in constant flux. There was recent news, for example, that the odds of a San Andreas quake occurring between the Pacific and North ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of the ...