Scientists say they have evidence of a new continental rift forming in southern Africa that could eventually develop into a ...

Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the ...

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

(jacus/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Hundreds of millions of years ago, our world looked very different from the way it does ...

Helium-rich gases rising through hot springs could mark the early stages of continental breakup in southern Africa.

Rift forming beneath Zambia could tear Africa apart - Researchers say Kafue Rift could become new tectonic plate boundary and ...

Scientists from the University of Oxford have published a study in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science showing that 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 ...

Scientists have discovered a long hidden plate boundary near the east coast of Africa that dates back about 180 million years ...

Isotope analysis of gas from geothermal springs in Zambia could show that a new continental rift is forming, scientists say.