A switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds.

With less water in the lakes, especially Lake Turkana, it has become easier for the great rift beneath to move.

As East Africa’s great lakes shrink after thousands of years, scientists find the land beneath may be pulling apart faster, ...

The land in East Africa is slowly tearing itself apart, a continental fracture that will eventually open a new ocean basin.

Scientists at the University of Southampton found evidence that waves of hot, melted rock are rising up from deep below ...

The mountain, inside Kenya's Great Rift Valley, showed minor seismic activity in 2007-2008 and 2013, but these were not full eruptions requiring evacuation.

Africa is slowly splitting along the East African Rift, forming a new ocean over millions of years The Somalian Plate is separating from the Nubian Plate at a few millimeters per year The Afar Triple ...

Africa is breaking apart along a giant crack that will form a new ocean between two large masses of land millions of years from now, the latest research shows. The split is taking place along the East ...

A major tectonic divergence in East Africa is progressing more rapidly than earlier models projected, intensifying scientific efforts to monitor what could become the Earth’s next ocean basin. The ...

Africa. This is happening along the East African Rift, a long stretch of land where the Earth’s surface is slowly pulling ...

The eagerly anticipated “Episode 40” of the ongoing Kilauea eruption with high fountains could happen anytime between now and Saturday, according to U.S. Geological Survey scientists. Hawaiian Volcano ...

UAE, Saudi rift fractures coalition against Houthis Disappearance dashes hopes for quick crisis resolution Saudi-backed council drops STC's Zubaidi, accuses him of treason Separatist group says ...