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

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

A NEW ocean is forming beneath Ethiopia as a “heartbeat”-like pulse deep below the Earth’s surface splits the African ...

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

The East African Rift System stretches more than 2,000 miles from the Red Sea in the north down to Mozambique in the south. It’s the largest active continental rift on Earth, where the tectonic ...

The East African Rift System, a vast network of faults stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, is at the heart of this geological upheaval.

Rhythmic pulsing deep beneath landlocked east Africa is literally tearing the continent apart. But while the effects won’t arrive on the planet’s surface for a while, the end result is an entirely new ...

The phenomenon is due to plate tectonics in the East African Rift System. A part of Northern Africa is slowly splitting apart from the rest of the continent and may eventually create a whole new ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of ...

In East Africa, geothermal energy is big business, and that’s all thanks to the East African Rift System (EARS). One of the largest rift systems on Earth—stretching 4,000 miles from Ethiopia ...

In East Africa, geothermal energy is big business, and that’s all thanks to the East African Rift System (EARS). One of the largest rift systems on Earth—stretching 4,000 miles from Ethiopia ...