If rifting continues, new basaltic oceanic crust may form along the centre of the rift producing a new narrow ocean basin with its own mid ocean ridge between the Nubian and Somalian plates ...

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and ...

‘If rifting continues, new basaltic oceanic crust may form along the centre of the rift producing a new narrow ocean basin with its own mid-ocean ridge between the Nubian and Somalian plates.’ ...

In the 1950s, geologist Marie Tharp turned depth measurements into detailed maps of the ocean floor. It led to her discovery of the Mid-Atlantic rift.

The rift that split in 2005 is part of the much larger East Africa Rift System (EARS), a network of rifts and valleys that first appeared about 25 million years ago as the first apes were evolving in ...

We examined three mud‐rich areas in the shallow north-west European shelf seas: the Fladen Ground, Celtic Deep and western Irish Sea mud belts. Using computer models of ocean tides over the past ...

Computer modelling past ocean conditions can help predict the location and age of carbon-rich mud. Ocean mud locks up much of the planet’s carbon – we’re digging deep to map these ancient stores ...