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

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

MASSIVE cracks are starting to appear in Kenya’s Rift Valley and they are growing longer and deeper by the day. ... Giant chasm is proof Africa is being pulled apart, experts say.

Beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, scientists have discovered pulsing waves of molten rock rising from deep within the Earth — a geological heartbeat that could eventually split Africa in two. These ...

Unlike the narrow plume under Hawaii, the African superplume is broad and powerful. As it rises, it heats and weakens the lithosphere, the outer shell of the Earth, making it more likely to crack.

The crack is located within the boundaries of the East African Rift System (EARS), which IFL Science explains stretches down the eastern portion of the continent, spanning more than eight countries.