The Red Sea is one of the youngest oceans in the world ... rare places where this process can be witnessed first hand. The rift is a narrow crack under the water which at some points is no more ...

Earth's five oceans were formed by the constant movement of tectonic plates beneath us, and the same process is already forming a sixth ocean in East Africa.

In the scorching deserts of East Africa, the ground is slowly tearing itself apart — a slow-motion, geological drama. Over ...

Known as the East African Rift, it stretches 3,500 kilometers from the Red Sea to Mozambique, according to the Geological Society of London. The East African Rift, extending from the Red Sea to ...

A risky operation to salvage an oil tanker attacked by Houthi militants in the Red Sea and avert what could have been one of the largest oil spills in recorded history has been completed ...

The East African Rift, stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, sets the stage for a new ocean. The African and Somali plates diverge at 0.8 cm annually, forming a 60-km-long rift in Ethiopia ...

Ocean’s Cradle As the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea flood the Rift Valley, an ocean will form, dramatically altering ecosystems, economies, and livelihoods in the region. Though spanning millions of ...