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

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

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

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They’ve built a new online tool, Paleolatitude.org 3.0, that lets anyone click a place on Earth and see what latitude it ...

The undersea plate boundary beneath the Strait of Gibraltar, known as the Gibraltar arc, is slowly moving into the Atlantic Ocean.

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