PROF. GREGORY is to be congratulated on having found, or made, opportunity to complete his work in East Africa, begun so brilliantly and adventurously in 1892–3. Returning to the country for a ...

A geological upheaval of unprecedented magnitude is underway in East Africa: the gradual birth of a new ocean. This ...

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 ...

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

The cracks are "associated with the East African Rift System (EARS)," which stretches "downward for thousands of kilometers through several countries in Africa, including Ethiopia, Kenya, the ...

A slow-moving geological change in East Africa could reshape the continent and the world. Tectonic forces are gradually pulling the African continent apart, potentially creating a new ocean.

A massive crack in East Africa is growing fast. Scientists believe it could one day split the continent and form Earth’s ...

The rift is responsible for creating some of Africa's most iconic landmarks, including the peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya. It started forming roughly 25 million years ago, but its ...

Holly is a graduate medical biochemist with an enthusiasm for making science interesting, fun and accessible. Africa is slowly splitting in two. Like anything in geology, it’s an extremely long ...