It might not be a coincidence that one of the most interesting geologic locations in the world is also palaeoanthropology’s ...

Researchers have determined that Eastern Africa will likely split from the rest of the continent along the Turkana Rift, a ...

A long, low basin in eastern Africa has spent millions of years collecting some of the most important clues to human origins. Now it is offering another kind of evidence, this time from far below the ...

Scientists have found that the crust beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift has thinned to just 13 kilometers in places, marking an advanced rifting stage that could eventually split the continent. This ...

The world's oldest lakes are among the most spectacular bodies of water found on the planet. There's old, and then there's ...

An unusual combination of atmospheric conditions and regional geography is behind the suppressed rainfall being recorded in ...

The emerging mineral map shows a country divided into distinct resource corridors, each tied to strategic minerals ...

The 12 newly designated geoparks are located in China, France, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Portugal, the Russian ...

Today UNESCO designated 12 new geoparks, bringing the total number of sites in the UNESCO Global Geopark Network to 241 in 51 ...

Scientists have found that the crust beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift is thinning to a critical point, signaling that the ...

Beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift, scientists have found the crust is thinning to a critical point, suggesting the continent ...

The African landmass is breaking apart faster than scientists previously thought, potentially leading to the fracturing of ...