Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...

A geological upheaval of unprecedented magnitude is underway in East Africa: the gradual birth of a new ocean. This ...

Scientists have discovered a pulsating magma plume beneath Africa’s Afar region, slowly splitting the continent. This Rift ...

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

The Afar region is a rare place on Earth where three tectonic rifts meet - the Main Ethiopian Rift, the Red Sea Rift, and the ...

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

As the rift continues to widen—now at around 0.2 inches per year—the stage is being set for an entirely new ocean to form. According to marine geophysicist Ken Macdonald, “The Gulf of Aden and the Red ...

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.

This rift may lead to Africa’s sixth ocean in time. Geophysicist Ken Macdonald says East Africa will change shape. He believes the sea will flood the Rift Valley slowly.

The slow movement, just a few millimeters per year, is causing the Afar region and the East African Rift Valley to gradually sink, eventually allowing water from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to flood ...

African rift stretches 2,000 miles “What we do not know is if this rifting will continue on its present pace to eventually open up an ocean basin, like the Red Sea, and then later to something much ...

The iconic Great Rift Valley, stretching over 6,000 kilometers from north to south, is one of the most striking features carved by these tectonic forces.The region’s geology is shaped by the meeting ...