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

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 ...

Lake Tanganyika, a shining jewel nestled in the heart of Africa, stands as a testament to the delicate balance of nature. Its ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has cautioned Kenyans to remain alert for potentially heavy downpours and take ...

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.

On land, giant troughs such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa form where plates are tugged apart. If the plates there continue to diverge, millions of years from now eastern Africa will split ...