Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years—and ...

The African continent is undergoing a dramatic transformation as tectonic forces carve a path toward the formation of a new ocean. The East African Rift System, a vast network of faults stretching ...

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 ...

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 the ...

Africa’s future coastline might look a lot different...millions of years from now, that is. Scientists tracking tectonic activity along the East African Rift say the continent is slowly ...

Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, sits along a tectonic plate boundary called the East African Rift, which is dotted with hot springs that feed carbon dioxide and methane into the water.

Near the Kenyan town of Naivasha in the East African Rift Valley, a small army of machines is slowly being assembled. Their appearance, resembling air conditioning units, is inconspicuous, but ...