A volcano in Ethiopia that last erupted when human civilization was still in its infancy has roared back to life, sending ash into the sky and lava across a sparsely populated landscape. After roughly ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

The movement of the Earth crust and volcanic activities in the RiftValley are to blame for the current cracks in the region. Geologist David Adede says the ongoing heavy rains across the country has ...

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the activity ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...