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 ...

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.

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

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A ...

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

(photo credit: REUTERS) Tectonic plate shifts in Ethiopia show that ... will flood in over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley and become a new ocean, and that part of East ...

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 ...

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.