A giant crack in the heart of the Great Rift Valley Since 2005, the Great Rift Valley region, at the junction of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, has been undergoing a dramatic transformation. A fissure ...

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

A group of researchers from across the world has found that a steady, rhythmic pulse deep beneath Ethiopia’s Afar region, ...

Researchers in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift reported a deep, rhythmic mantle “pulse” that is slowly tearing Africa apart to form a ...

The Geological Society of London says of Africa’s severing: ‘Today the EAR remains above sea level however in the future, as ...

A massive rift that opened in northeast Ethiopia in 2005 appears to herald the first continental breakup since modern humans evolved, triggering volcanos, sinking land, and a flood of seawater.

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 ...

Science Earth set to change forever: a sixth ocean is “on the verge of forming” The Great Rift Valley in Africa is undergoing a process that could split the continent in two.

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.

The Rift Valley runs through Africa. (Image: Getty) The bi-weekly publication Geophysical Research Letters says recent research backs up claims that a new ocean is forming as the African continent ...