However, there was an even more fascinating aspect to this rift across Africa. Indeed, it soon became clear that the rift was expanding. It wasn’t by much — less than one inch per year — but ...

A giant rift is slowly tearing Africa, the second-largest continent, apart. This depression — known as the East African Rift — is a network of valleys that stretches about 2,175 miles (3,500 ...

East Africa Rift System The rift that split in 2005 is part of the much ... And the PaleoMap project run by geologist Christopher Scotese, which maps future and past tectonic plates, predicts that ...

forming new coastlines and altering northeast Africa's climate and geography. In 2005, a 35-mile-long crack appeared in the Ethiopian desert, marking the rift's emergence. Research indicates parts ...

In the geologic history of Earth, shifting plate tectonics are commonplace, and Africa's impending rift is but another chapter in that story. The Earth's continents are far from constant.

Africa could be split into two parts by the formation ... The formation of the East African Rift, a 56-kilometer-long rift in the deserts of Ethiopia formed in 2005, marked the beginning of ...

A new ocean could form in the distant future after a split continues to form in Africa, according to researchers. "This is the only place on Earth where you can study how a continental rift ...

A new book produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Albertine Rift Conservation Society documents how well-managed protected areas with good law enforcement have saved wildlife in Africa's ...