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 ...

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

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

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

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

Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle ...

In the 1997 action film "Dante's Peak," Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a volcanologist sent to investigate seismic activity ...

Scientists found that the speed at which continents split apart directly influences how molten rock flows deep beneath ...

Researchers in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift reported a deep, rhythmic mantle “pulse” that is slowly tearing Africa apart to form a ...