In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A 35-mile-long crack, known as the East African Rift, is gradually tearing through ...

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A toxic algae bloom known as a red tide is causing the mass deaths of crayfish and other ocean life on parts of South Africa's west coast. The environment ministry warned ...

As climate change intensifies, South Africa is not only becoming hotter and drier; it's also rising by up to 2 millimeters per year, according to a new study. Scientists knew this uplift was happening ...

Over the last several decades, the oceans have become more crowded. Aquaculture, wind and wave energy, and oil and gas ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of the ...

The University of Cape Town’s Professor Lynne Shannon has made history after being awarded the 2025 Prince Albert I Grand Medal for Ocean Science for her lifetime contributions to advancing ...

Great white sharks have vanished from a former South African hotspot, leaving scientists to debate over the cause.

Diving in the Great African Seaforest, with its tightly packed towering kelp stipes that can rise up to 9 meters, or 30 feet, ...

The South Asian summer monsoon sustains billions of people today. For a long time, the prevailing scientific view has held ...