The Great Valley in East Africa has one of the highest concentrations of animals on Earth, from hippos and flamingos to lions ...

A geological upheaval of unprecedented magnitude is underway in East Africa: the gradual formation of a new ocean. This phenomenon, closely monitored by scientists, could ultimately divide the African ...

The desert floor in Ethiopia looks fixed and ancient, but it is moving. Across the Afar region and down the East African Rift, the African continent is being pulled apart by forces deep below the ...

Nearly 30% of ocean crust forms at mid-ocean ridges where the spreading rate is less than 20 mm per year. According to the seafloor spreading paradigm, oceanic crust forms along a narrow axial zone ...