Deep within the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert lies an enormous, circular formation spanning nearly 50 kilometers—an ...

A 35-mile-long fissure in East Africa signals the continents gradual separation, leading to the formation of a new ocean in ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break ... last year in Frontiers in Earth Science highlighted how different parts of the EAR system are showing varying levels of volcanic ...

But due to Earth’s soft centre and the tectonic plates, the contents are still moving today – in fact, it is thought that Africa will split in two in the future. However when we say “future ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Wildlife photographer Todd Gustafson captures stories of competition, courtship, family, hunting and flight to illustrate the hidden life of East African birds. To the Ends of the Earth ...

A globe is a model of planet Earth, showing how it looks from space. This one shows all the countries of the world, almost 200, including the UK. It shows all seven continents, Europe, Africa ...

The AHP was a direct result of African monsoonal climate responses to periodic variations in the Earth's orbit around the Sun that recur roughly every 20,000 years. Impressively, the AHP is just ...

African, and Antarctic plates. Though smaller in size, the minors are no less important when it comes to shaping the Earth. The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes ...

A globe is a model of planet Earth, showing how it looks from space. This one shows all the countries of the world, almost 200, including the UK. It shows all seven continents, Europe, Africa ...