Tectonic shifts could lead Africa to split into two continents, and although some argue that these images provid evidence, ...

Africa is currently undergoing processes that could lead to the separation of the Somali Peninsula from the rest of the ...

A quiet and slow-moving change is unfolding beneath the surface of East Africa– one that could, over millions of years, ...

In the geologic history of Earth, shifting plate tectonics are commonplace, and Africa's impending rift is but another chapter in that story. The Earth's continents are far from constant.

Kenya’s Rift Valley Crack (2018 ... The splitting of Africa isn’t an isolated event; continents have drifted apart and re-merged at least three times throughout Earth’s history.

Some of the world's most spectacular but least-known volcanoes lie along the East African Rift, a wide crack in the Earth's crust that runs for more than 1,200 miles from Malawi through Tanzania ...

The East African Rift System (EARS) was initially identified in 2005, with its origins dating back around 22 million years, according to earth.com. The East African Rift results from the movement ...