Since 2005, a 35-mile-long crack known as the East African Rift has been forming. In the scorching deserts of East Africa, ...

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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 becomes an ...

Scientists revealed Eastern Africa had shown advanced rifting at the Turkana Rift, where thinning crust had signalled a ...