We tend to think earthquakes are predominantly driven by deep-Earth forces. But in Kenya’s Lake Turkana Rift, researchers recently found that as surface water levels dropped roughly 100 to 150 meters ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Though East Africa used to be more of a savanna than a desert, it has dried out over the millennia. With less water in the lakes, especially Lake ...

Hidden beneath the placid surface of a Siberian lake, a robot has mapped a landscape that looks more like an alien seabed than a freshwater basin. By tracing plumes of gas and reshaped sediments, ...