The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea will flood over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley, giving rise to a new ...

Africa is splitting into two continents due to tectonic forces reshaping the Earth beneath our feet. This video explores the ...

The scientists warn that this ongoing tectonic activity could eventually cause the Somali plate and parts of East Africa, ...

Scientists' analysis of volcanic gases from Kenya have provided possible evidence of worrying activity beneath East Africa ...

“The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea will flood over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley, giving rise ... feet in the Mariana Trench. Formation: The Pacific Ocean began forming ...

A slow-moving geological change in East Africa could reshape ... Research Letters suggests the rift’s formation mirrors oceanic rift zones, driven by the African Nubian, African Somali, and ...

AFRICA is splitting apart – meaning the continent will form two separate land masses with an ocean in between in several ...

Their findings could help resolve a long-standing debate about how the East African Rift System formed ... from a geothermal field in the Kenya Rift Valley. The team's key observation is that ...

The volcanic activity and tectonic splitting of the East African Rift Valley is probably driven by activity deep within the Earth, a new study reveals, starting where the core meets the mantle.

A massive African superplume appears to be driving the divide of one of the world's largest continents. Here's what we know.

The East African Rift System (EARS) is one of the most impressive geologic features on the planet—not to mention one of the most volcanically active and geothermally rich. Understanding what ...