Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the ...

A massive African superplume appears to be driving the divide of one of the world's largest continents. Here's what we know.

AFRICA is splitting apart – meaning the continent will form two separate land masses with an ocean in between in several ...

Researchers have found fresh evidence that Africa is breaking apart because of a deep mantle superplume of hot rock beneath ...

Scientists' analysis of volcanic gases from Kenya have provided possible evidence of worrying activity beneath East Africa ...

The East African Rift system is an example of where this ... Towards the Afar region, however, the entire rift valley floor is covered with volcanic rocks. This suggests that, in this area ...

Research published last year suggests even that a surge in volcanic activity along the East African Rift System might have forced early humans out of Africa, altering the course of our evolution ...

NASA. The process of splitting a continent -- or even just trying to -- can be incredibly geologically active. The shear number of volcanoes in the East African Rift show just how powerful it can be.

This volcanic activity also means that eastern ... evidence for a common deep mantle beneath the entirety of the East African Rift System,” the authors wrote. This data also aligns with a ...

Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: The East African Rift System (EARS) is one of the most impressive geologic features on the planet—not to mention one of the most volcanically active ...