After Albert’s explanation of Afar’s volcanic and tectonic past, I will look into this region’s Holocene volcanism, and try to create the first comprehensive volcanic history of this very ...

Mount Etna, standing around 3,300 meters (10,800 feet) high, erupts with smoke streaming from its summit and lava spilling from the new “Bocca Nuova” crater, according to Reuters.

Roughly 250 million years ago, traveling from present-day Australia to North America would have been surprisingly simple-a ...

The continent’s landscape is evolving as large tectonic plates shift. Eventually, the Eastern countries will separate from ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

Earth once just had one continent known as Pangea that slowly broke apart to form the continents we know today.

MANILA, Philippines — A 78-minute-long ash emission was observed from the crater of Kanlaon Volcano on Friday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

“The pressure inside the volcano is building,” Chadwick said. “Eventually, it becomes too great and a crack opens up and lava spews out of the fissure.” On land, this is sometimes called a ...

A 35-mile long fissure discovered in Ethiopia ... these plates irritate volcanoes and cause earthquakes. Eastern Africa is perched on the Somalia plate which has been pulling away from the ...