The desert floor in Ethiopia looks fixed and ancient, but it is moving. Across the Afar region and down the East African Rift ...

Geologists have been observing for years a 2,500 km 'zone of weakness' stretching from Tanzania to Namibia, rich in resources ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that Earth's continents are continuously reworked deep beneath the surface, offering ...

Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasn’t locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction. Ancient melt inclusions and advanced simulations point to continents ...

Scientists have identified a hidden deep-Earth pattern that may reveal where rare earth deposits form. The study links ...

While Continent’s giants can still compete in Champions League, mid-table Premier League sides are free to clean up other two ...

Scientists have created a global “treasure map” for rare earth elements by uncovering where the strange volcanic rocks that ...

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water may flood it in a few million years ...

A new atlas charts the global distribution of unusual, critical-metal-bearing igneous rocks, finding that they often form ...

Africa holds more than 30 percent of the world’s mineral reserves and produces significant volumes of agricultural ...

Africa's richest biodiversity, fastest-growing consumer market, and most innovative food founders are open for business.

Scientists discovered how Earth recycles continents deep underground, shaping the unusual rocks found in ancient mountain ...