Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

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Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

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UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

Earth's five oceans were formed by the constant movement of tectonic plates beneath us, and the same process is already ...

When NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) new Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) ...

Ethiopias Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The strongest, with a magnitude of 5.7, struck on 4 January. The US Geological Survey ...

If you are keen to visit the more remote areas, armed guards may still be needed. Afar may be the clearest triple point (or triple junction) on Earth. Triple junctions exist wherever three tectonic ...