A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break away from the rest of the continent sooner than previously ...

A study published in Frontiers in Earth Science in 2024 highlighted how different parts of the East African Rift system show varying levels of volcanic activity related to the split. 'The Uganda, ...

The planet has "more stable formations of rock," called cratons, which "contain old 'roots' … from which tectonic plates extend," said Popular Mechanics. These cratons have had long-term ...

One example is the Singhbhum Craton, in the Daitari Greenstone Belt in the state of Odisha in eastern India.This ancient part of the Earth's crust has been found in previous research to date back ...