A massive crack in East Africa is growing fast. Scientists believe it could one day split the continent and form Earth’s ...

A geological upheaval of unprecedented magnitude is underway in East Africa: the gradual birth of a new ocean. This ...

In 2005, a 35-mile fissure broke open in the Ethiopian desert that was as much as 20 feet wide in certain areas. In 2018, a similar rift formed in Kenya following heavy rains — and it was 50 feet ...

A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...

"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the hidden force tearing it apart.

Rhythmic pulsing deep beneath landlocked east Africa is literally tearing the continent apart. But while the effects won’t ...

A volcano erupted with lava spewing from a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday. It was its seventh eruption since December.

The fissure of the volcanic eruption had broken through protective barriers around the town of Grindavik, and had reached 1,200 meters, or nearly 4,000 feet, in length.

Dramatic images from Iceland show lava spewing from a fissure almost two-and-a-half miles long as the Reykjanes peninsula sees its 6th eruption since December.