A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water may flood it in a few million years
Camped 2 nights in the Rift Valley and got roommates I didn’t book: zebras by day, giraffes at golden hour. Woke up to stripes moving past the tent, fell asleep to distant hyena whoops and the crunch of giraffes browsing acacia nearby.…
Beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift, scientists have found the crust is thinning to a critical point, suggesting the continent is gradually breaking apart.…