A geologically dynamic region in the Great Rift Valley is closely watched by scientists as a fascinating natural laboratory.
Our planet is constantly changing. Millions of years ago, the impact of a large meteorite ended the lives of the dinosaurs, and ice ages, periods of rain, drought and evolution hav ...
A series of earthquakes in Ethiopia’s Afar region has sparked concerns over potential volcanic eruptions, displacing thousands. This geologically active zone sits within the Great Rift Valley, a fault ...
In tens of millions of years, hundreds of miles of this rift could be covered in water, this ocean has already been named the Afar. Importance: Witnessing the birth of a new ocean. Dive category ...
Given enough time—at least several million years—those processes will produce dramatic changes in the geography of Africa: The Afar depression and the entire Great Rift Valley will cradle a ...
Water is gold in the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia. No surprise. This is one of the hottest deserts in the world. Walking for three days near the western scarp of the Rift, Elema and I find only one ...
Since late September 2024, the Main Ethiopian Rift, which spans the Afar, Amhara, and Oromia regions, has experienced a series of tremors and a significant earthquake. The most powerful of these, a ...
an area in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The area falls within a geologically active region of the Great Rift Valley that has experienced a number of earthquakes and volcanic events in the last 800 ...