This caused the ground to collapse, thus resulting in the dramatic fissure. While the East African Rift Valley is an area of active tectonics, experts concluded that this particular event may be ...

Deep within Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Virunga National Park is home to some of the continent’s most active volcanoes, ...

An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

Recent scientific discoveries reveal two extraordinary phenomena that could change our understanding of Earth's hydrology.

Solving issues to achieve optimum development of the Great Rift Valley’s unique geothermal systems Kenya is in the process of switching its main source of power from hydropower, which is unstable due ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A large crack, stretching several kilometres, made a sudden appearance recently in south ...

Signs of this dramatic shift lie in the East African Rift System (EARS), one ... the vast timescales of geological change. Kenya’s Rift Valley Crack (2018) A massive crack, 50 feet deep ...

Gikungu said the remaining parts of the highlands east of the Rift Valley and the southeastern lowlands are expected ...

In 2005, Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in the desert called the East African Rift. "It marked the start of a long process in which the ...

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 ...

Scientists see it as a fascinating natural laboratory that will culminate in a north-south continental split - and ultimately create a new ocean - along the great East African Rift Valley.