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

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

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These crustal collisions occur gradually over millions of years, yet have a profound impact in reshaping the Earth's surface.

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke Coleman said.