On land, giant troughs such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa form where plates are tugged apart. If the plates there continue to diverge, millions of years from now eastern Africa will split ...

Deep within Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Virunga National Park is home to some of the continent’s most active volcanoes, ...

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.

Initially, the appearance of the crack was linked to tectonic activity along the East African Rift. But although ... be almost unnoticeable to us. Plate tectonics is a good example of this.

The movement of tectonic plates is a foundational geological ... while the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea could flood the East African Rift Valley, forming a new ocean. However, complete continental ...

Scientists have warned that Africa ... 2,000-mile rift that formed at least 22 million years ago where the continent's Great Lakes reside. This region is also home to two tectonic plates, the ...