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

Once the split happens, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and some parts of Ethiopia would form a new continent separated by the world’s sixth ocean. Ken Macdonald, a professor at the University of ...

Australia, the smallest continent in the world and a country in its own right ... which includes New Zealand, Polynesia, and other central and south Pacific islands. However, Oceania is not ...

the continent's discovery also expands our understanding of plate tectonic reorganisation, continental separation and how fragments of ancient crust were stranded during the birth of new oceans.

Pangea essentially turned inside out, the edges of the old continent becoming the collision zones of new continents. Africa, South America, and Antarctica began to fragment. What ultimately formed Mt.

Canada takes up about two-fifths of the North American continent, making it the second-largest country in the world after Russia. The country is sparsely populated, with most of its 35.5 million ...

Canada takes up about two-fifths of the North American continent, making it the second-largest country in the world after Russia. The country is sparsely populated, with most of its 35.5 million ...