In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as the East African Rift. Far from being a mere curiosity, this rift holds the ...

But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean. As a result of movement from the East ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

As the Atlantic has grown, the Pacific has shrunk ... and that may well be the Indian, or even an ocean that may split Africa and Eurasia." Devika Rao has worked as a staff writer at The Week ...

“The resulting new supercontinent has already been named Amasia because some believe that the Pacific Ocean will close (as opposed to the Atlantic and Indian oceans) when America collides with Asia ...

The world's oceans have been traditionally split into four areas: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Oceans. In recent times though, the Southern or Antarctic Ocean has been recognised as a ...

In the 17th century, the Indian ocean slave trade was arguably on a bigger scale than the Atlantic slave trade. The hub of this vile industry was in modern-day Tanzania, an area that specialized ...

Longest mountain range, running through the Atlantic Ocean, separating the Eurasian and North American plates in the north, ...

between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The Indian Navy has deployed its guided-missile destroyer INS Mumbai for the exercise scheduled from January 16 to 24 and led by the French Carrier ...

India’s navy has launched a submarine, destroyer and a frigate simultaneously as it eyes growing rivalry with China in the Asia Pacific ... by the Atlantic Ocean is shifting to the Indian ...

there’s the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans – mingling, reveling, occasionally roiling. But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean.