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"In essence, we now have a front row seat to observe a critical rifting phase that had fundamentally shaped all rifted margins across the world," says co-author Folarin Kolawole, who is also with Lamont.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

"Eastern Africa has progressed further in the rifting process than previously thought."

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

“There are a variety of older structures in the range, too, due to ancient rifting, that could be reactivated.”

From National Geographic • Sep. 11, 2023

Other volcanoes can let their lava loose from rifting landscapes relatively quietly, while others unleash unexpected blasts of steam.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Except a change of wind or, as Procope observed, a supernatural rifting of the rock, nothing could bring deliverance now.

From Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Verne, Jules