The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert, first ...

Africa has been gradually splitting into two, slowly creating what will be a new ocean. While we first learned about this two ...

Malawi's most famous earthquake lake is Lake Chilwa. Located in the southeastern region, it is the second-largest lake in Malawi and a crucial wetland area. And, then there is Lake Chiuta, smaller but ...

In its tectonic and biogeographic setting, the Kilda basin resembles the strongly stratified great lakes of the African rift, such as Malawi and Tanganyika. Although smaller in scale, the rift ...

This story appears in the November 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. The mwami remembers when he was a king of sorts. His judgment was sovereign, his power unassailable. Since 1954 he ...

“This, coupled with the impact of climate change, has not only led to swelling of Rift Valley lakes but all lakes within the region,” said Mr Edebe. “This is happening across East ...

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

Signs of this dramatic shift lie in the East African Rift System (EARS), one of the largest ... NASA’s Curiosity finds ripples of a Mars lake ...

[Photo:Caroline Chebet/Standard] The five lakes in the Rift Valley have swollen to the highest records in recent years, according to a conservationist. The water levels in lakes Baringo ...