CIRAD

A new alliance to reconnect research and life in the territories of the Great Rift valley in Africa

"TRACE" is the name of a new platform in partnership for research and training (dP) launched in Nairobi on 14 November. The ...
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3,000-km fault slices Africa—future sea threatens to cut off 4 countries

The East African Rift stretches more than 3,000 kilometers, slicing from Ethiopia’s Red Sea coast through Kenya and down to ...
CNN

A photographer’s epic exploration of the valley tearing Africa apart

South African photographer Shem Compion remembers precisely when his love affair with the Great Rift Valley began. In 2002, in his twenties and in search of adventure, Compion saved what he could, ...
Popular Mechanics

A Hidden Blob Beneath Africa Is Fueling Volcanoes—and It Could Split the Continent in Two

The East African Rift System (EARS) is one of the most impressive geologic features on the planet—not to mention one of the most volcanically active and geothermally rich. Understanding what drives ...
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Scientists found a crack so massive it will form a new ocean

Deep beneath East Africa, the planet is quietly rewriting its own map. A colossal crack is opening in the crust, slowly enough that no one alive today will see the final result, yet fast enough that ...