A long, low basin in eastern Africa has spent millions of years collecting some of the most important clues to human origins. Now it is offering another kind of evidence, this time from far below the ...

Across eastern Africa, the ground is less stable than it appears. Beneath the African continent's savannas, cities, and lakes, tectonic forces are gradually pulling it apart. The East African Rift ...

Scientists predict Africa’s gradual split will eventually form a new ocean, creating separate landmasses. This tectonic shift ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Though East Africa used to be more of a savanna than a desert, it has dried out over the millennia. With less water in the lakes, especially Lake ...

Climate change is accelerating continental rifting, the geological process where landmasses slowly pull apart. According to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, the East African ...

The East African Rift system represents a major zone of continental extension where the African Plate is slowly splitting into separate plates. Volcanism here is driven by upwelling mantle material ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The deep geothermal potential of East Africa is a huge, under-exploited resource that has so far failed to attract investors from the oil and gas world. The East Africa Rift System (EARS), with its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research finds East Africa's Turkana Rift is in a critical breakup phase that also may explain its rich fossil record.