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 ...

Scientists have identified the cause of the breakup of one of Earth's largest continents, which could eventually lead to the formation of a new continent. Key Information East African Rift System: ...

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

The scientists warn that this ongoing tectonic activity could eventually cause the Somali plate and parts of East Africa, including parts of Kenya, to split from the rest of continent, raising the ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that East Africa is splitting faster than previously believed due to a fiery upwelling of ...

Stock image of the Rift Valley in Ethiopia. The East African Rift formed 30 million ... from satellites to GPS receivers on land to measure plate movements and elevation changes.

A 35-mile-long fissure is cutting through Ethiopia’s crust. Known as the East African Rift, it keeps spreading wider.

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System ... the North American plate, which is sliding south ...

The East African Rift System ... Researcher Stephen Hicks attributes a significant crack in Kenya’s Rift Valley to soil erosion from recent rainfall, suggesting it may not be directly linked ...

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.

The Homa Peninsula, in Kenya, is part of the East African Rift Valley, a part of the world often called "the cradle of humankind." So many of the oldest clues about humanity's earliest days have ...