A giant crack in the heart of the Great Rift Valley Since 2005, the Great Rift Valley region, at the junction of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, has been undergoing a dramatic transformation. A fissure ...

This video explores the fascinating geological process occurring along the East African Rift Valley, where massive tectonic plates are pulling apart and creating a new ocean basin.Learn about the ...

A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...

A giant rift is slowly tearing Africa, the second-largest continent, apart. This depression — known as the East African Rift — is a network of valleys that stretches about 2,175 miles (3,500 ...

The modern-day East African Rift – an active tectonic plate boundary and one of the geological wonders of the world – is the site of the most recent of these separations, and provides a ...

Geologists publish new details about evolution of East African Rift Valley Christopher Scholz, Tannis McCartney G'17 co-author article based on Lake Malawi research Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

Africa’s topography is characterized by large-scale uplifted domes and subsided basins. Numerical simulations of mantle flow suggest that high topography along Africa’s eastern margin formed ...

Two fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new information about the evolution of primates, according to a new study. Two fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new ...

Professor of Geology and Water Resources at the Cairo University Abbas Sharaky on Friday commented on news being shared discussing the eventual splitting of the African continent in the middle. During ...