A volcano in Ethiopia is spewing unusually large volumes of methane from its crater, according to satellite measurements of the potent greenhouse gas. This comes after hundreds of earthquakes have ...

Regions of Ethiopia are being evacuated after a series of earthquakes rocked the region since Thursday, triggering a ...

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

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

Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that’s beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to separate.

Hundreds of people in a rural part of Ethiopia, 165km (100 miles) north-east of the capital, Addis Ababa, have been leaving their homes in panic as a nearby volcano has been showing signs of a ...

Looking out into the Main Ethiopian Rift, taken at Boset Volcano in Ethiopia ...

Fresh basaltic lava flows in the region of Afar, Ethiopia.

Beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, scientists have discovered pulsing waves of molten rock rising from deep within the Earth — a geological heartbeat that could eventually split Africa in two. These ...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck northern Ethiopia Friday, where a volcano erupted after months of increased seismic activity, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) and local ...

Ol Doinyo Lengai is an active volcano that erupts the runniest lava on Earth. Satellite data indicate that a magma reservoir about 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometers) beneath the crater began swelling in ...