Deep within Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Virunga National Park is home to some of the continent’s most active volcanoes, including the formidable Nyamulagira. This shield volcano has a long history of ...

They call this tectonic plate boundary zone the East African Rift Valley (EAR), part of the wider East African Rift System. The valley is so pronounced it’s visible from space. Once the split ...

A series of earthquakes in Ethiopia’s Afar region has sparked concerns over potential volcanic eruptions, displacing ...

Scientists see it as a fascinating natural laboratory that will culminate in a north-south continental split - and ultimately ...

In the geologic history of Earth, shifting plate tectonics are commonplace, and Africa's impending rift is but another chapter in that story. The Earth's continents are far from constant.

Series investigating the geological forces which shaped East Africa's Great Rift Valley and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes ...

The property makes a critical contribution to the conservation of the natural values within the Great Rift Valley, as an integral part of the most important route of the African-Eurasian flyway system ...

Following the increasing release of methane gas in Awash Fentale over the past month, Tenaalem Ayenew, a geosciences professor at Addis Ababa University, has warned that this phenomenon "could trigger ...

Meanwhile, the authors came upon a study of virus diversity in one of Africa's Rift Valley lakes. "We can't say that they are connected, but they have a similar timeframe," Nojiri said.

Africa is slowly tearing itself in two ... reminding us of the vast timescales of geological change. Kenya’s Rift Valley Crack (2018) A massive crack, 50 feet deep and 65 feet wide, appeared ...