A new study of hot springs in Zambia’s Kafue Rift has found helium and carbon isotope signatures in the region. These ...

Scientists observe Africa's split along the East African Rift, which could form a new ocean over millions of years and reveal ...

Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Geothermal being so lucrative in the region has some positive side effects for scientists studying the ever-fascinating EARS. Because companies do so much ...

The sudden awakening of a volcano that had been quiet for roughly 12,000 years has transformed a remote corner of Ethiopia into a global focal point, as a towering ash plume shot into the sky like an ...

Beneath the sun-scorched lowlands of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia, the ground is quietly coming apart. New seismic ...

For millions of years, Africa has been slowly splitting apart. Now, scientists have found new evidence pointing to a dramatic force deep beneath the continent—a rising African superplume that could be ...

"It's tearin' up my heart when I'm with you, but when we are apart, I feel it, too." Sure, it's a great opener to a pop song, but it also briefly describes what's happening to Africa. The continent is ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Though East Africa used to be more of a savanna than a desert, it has dried out over the millennia. With less water in the lakes, especially Lake ...

The African continent is undergoing a slow but profound geological transformation that could eventually split the landmass in ...

The East African Rift System (EARS) is one of the most impressive geologic features on the planet—not to mention one of the most volcanically active and geothermally rich. Understanding what drives ...