is affecting the way Earth's surface bends and shifts, reshaping the landscape as it changes. For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other ...

Plate tectonics is relatively new, put forth in the last 30 years or so — its forerunner was the now-discarded continental drift ... As these plates shift, they sometimes collide with other ...

Plate tectonics have caused the landmasses to shift over time ... The split will change the world's continental makeup. "Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and some parts of Ethiopia would form a new ...