Altogether, the resulting peaks dimpled across northern Africa, North America, and Europe. 295 million years ago, the mountains were at their tallest. This was during the Permian period’s start.

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 ...

A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago—a pivotal period in Earth's ...

Scientists reckon they've solved a 180-million-year deep-Earth mystery that could explain why the Appalachian Mountains are still standing. For a long time, it's thought a huge area of hot rock buried ...