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 ...

Kenya has blocked a $2 billion claim lodged by Rift Valley Railways (RVR) in the London Court of International Arbitration ...

Of these volcanoes, over 90 lie on the East African Rift Valley – the seam along which Africa is splitting apart.

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as the East African Rift. Far from being a mere curiosity, this rift holds ...

These samples are from Holocene eruptions (rocks younger than 11.7 thousand years old) from across Afar and the East African Rift. Since the 1970s, scientists have believed that there is a mantle ...

A series of spectacular volcanic eruptions in Ethiopia's Afar state have captivated both scientists and foreign tourists, according to the Afar State Tourism Bureau.

An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the local magnitude scale struck Chimanimani District in the early hours of yesterday morning, sending mild tremors through the ...

Discover Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, the Lightning Capital of the World, with up to 233 lightning strikes per square kilometer ...

President Emmanuel Macron's announced intention to recognize a Palestinian state has sharply divided French politicians. France's Jewish and Muslim communities also fear it could drive them even ...