Geologists have been observing for years a 2,500 km 'zone of weakness' stretching from Tanzania to Namibia, rich in resources ...

Rift forming beneath Zambia could tear Africa apart - Researchers say Kafue Rift could become new tectonic plate boundary and ...

Helium gases from deep inside Earth were found in Zambia’s hot springs. This proves the Kafue Rift may be forming a new plate ...

Unusual helium signatures detected in Zambian hot springs may signal that a hidden tectonic rift is actively developing ...

If this continues to develop, this rift could grow into a new tectonic plate boundary—splitting the African continent in half. In a Frontiers in Earth Science study published yesterday, an ...

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The East African Rift System (EARS) is the world’s largest continental rift, stretching from Jordan to Mozambique. For years, geologists have been puzzled as to why EARS displays some deformations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An overhead view of the East African Rift, with a river in a cultivated valley flanked by steep cliffs An overhead view of the ...

Tulane University researchers, collaborating with an international team of scientists, have discovered why some parts of Earth's crust remain strong while others give way, overturning long-held ...

Computer models confirm that the African Superplume is responsible for the unusual deformations as well as rift-parallel seismic anisotropy observed beneath the East African Rift System. In ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Magnetic data collected in the late 1960s reveals how the ...

It could have literally earth-shaking implications for the (very) long-term future of the continent.