A deep, rhythmic pulse has been found surging like a heartbeat deep under Africa. At the Afar triple junction under Ethiopia, where three tectonic plates meet, molten magma pounds the planet's crust ...
A spot in eastern Africa called the Afar Triangle marks the meeting point of three rift zones—lines where Earth’s crust is being rent apart. Researchers haven’t been sure exactly what drives this ...
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From Afar to Olduvai: asteroid Donaldjohanson's landmarks get names tied to human origins
The smaller lobe is called Afar, after the Afar Triangle region of Hadar, Ethiopia, where the Lucy skeleton was found. The larger lobe is named after Olduvai, a significant river gorge in Tanzania ...
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One of the World’s Largest Continents Is Splitting Apart, and a New Ocean Emerges Faster Than Scientists Predicted
The African continent is undergoing a geological transformation that, in the distant future, could create a new ocean. Researchers studying the East African Rift System have observed the tectonic ...
This Envisat image of the Horn of Africa shows parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and, to the northeast across the Red Sea, a portion of Yemen’s west coast. The region is widely considered to be ...
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