{"id":38040,"date":"2020-05-13T08:25:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T20:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&#038;p=38040"},"modified":"2020-08-13T13:28:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T13:28:28","slug":"geohazard-risk-in-the-east-african-rift","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geohazard-risk-in-the-east-african-rift\/","title":{"rendered":"Geohazard risk in the East African Rift"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Geohazard risk in the East African Rift<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Research &mdash; Global geological risk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geohazard-risk-in-the-east-african-rift\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Geohazard%20risk%20in%20the%20East%20African%20Rift&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geohazard-risk-in-the-east-african-rift\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geohazard-risk-in-the-east-african-rift\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Geohazard%20risk%20in%20the%20East%20African%20Rift&#038;body=The%20East%20African%20Rift%20(EAR)%20is%20a%20unique%20natural%20laboratory%20because%20a%20wide%20range%20of%20dynamic%20geological%20processes,%20such%20as%20rifting,%20magmatic%20intrusions%20and%20different%20types%20of%20volcanic%20eruptions,%20can%20be%20directly%20observed%20and%20studied.%20%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geohazard-risk-in-the-east-african-rift\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geohazard-risk-in-the-east-african-rift\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>The East African Rift (EAR) is a unique natural laboratory because a wide range of dynamic geological processes, such as rifting, magmatic intrusions and different types of volcanic eruptions, can be directly observed and studied there. Living in such an active environment brings many benefits and opportunities, including geothermal energy and good soils, but there are also many hazards, including landslides, earthquakes, lava flows and gas emissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding hazards, their potential impacts, exposure of populations and assets, vulnerabilities and capacities for response are essential steps towards understanding geohazard risk and enabling communities to live and work safely in these dynamic environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/nomadic_pastoralist_farmers.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Nomadic pastoralist farmers living in the shadow of central volcanoes and associated fissure swarms in northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/nomadic_pastoralist_farmers-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Nomadic farmers Ethiopia\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Nomadic pastoralist farmers living in the shadow of central volcanoes and associated fissure swarms in northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/nomadic_pastoralist_farmers.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Nomadic pastoralist farmers living in the shadow of central volcanoes and associated fissure swarms in northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1040030.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Homes overlooked by Mt Meru volcano in northern Tanzania. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1040030-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Mt Meru Volcano\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Homes overlooked by Mt Meru volcano in northern Tanzania. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1040030.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Homes overlooked by Mt Meru volcano in northern Tanzania. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1040106.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Plantations on the slopes of Mt Meru volcano, northern Tanzania. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1040106-960x960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Plantations\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Plantations on the slopes of Mt Meru volcano, northern Tanzania. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1040106.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Plantations on the slopes of Mt Meru volcano, northern Tanzania. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1030644.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Homes overlooked by Mt Meru volcano in northern Tanzania. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1030644-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Villages\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Homes overlooked by Mt Meru volcano in northern Tanzania. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1030644.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Homes overlooked by Mt Meru volcano in northern Tanzania. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSC04010.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Erta Ale lava lake in the Afar Depression, northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSC04010-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Afar depression\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Erta Ale lava lake in the Afar Depression, northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSC04010.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Erta Ale lava lake in the Afar Depression, northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSC04256.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Children and goats find shade in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSC04256-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Children and goats\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Children and goats find shade in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSC04256.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Children and goats find shade in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSC02631.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Setting off on fieldwork on Dabbahu volcano in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSC02631-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Fieldwork camels\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Setting off on fieldwork on Dabbahu volcano in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSC02631.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Setting off on fieldwork on Dabbahu volcano in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_82714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p>The BGS has a long history of geological mapping and groundwater research in the EAR. BGS volcanologists and seismologists began research in the EAR in 2008, investigating magmatism and volcanism in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.see.leeds.ac.uk\/afar\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Afar Depression<\/a>, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/volcanoes\/riftvolc\/\">Main Ethiopian Rift<\/a> and in Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2005-eruption-site.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The 2005 Da Ure eruption site, associated with the onset of a rifting episode in the Afar Depression. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_98620\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2005-eruption-site-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Eruption site\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2005-eruption-site-960x497.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>The 2005 Da Ure eruption site, associated with the onset of a rifting episode in the Afar Depression. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2005-eruption-site.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The 2005 Da Ure eruption site, associated with the onset of a rifting episode in the Afar Depression. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_98620\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaborations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BGS geohazards research and project staff are in partnership with colleagues from the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), Geological Survey of Ethiopia, Geospatial Information Institute and Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Tanzania, we collaborate with the Geological Survey of Tanzania, National Meteorological Agency, Dodoma University and Dar es Salaam University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These partners and others, including local authorities, regional universities, civil society and non-governmental organisations, are engaged directly with communities, building partnerships to exchange knowledge and identify strategies to reduce risk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We aim to enhance the resilience to natural hazards of institutional networks, systems and communities by enhancing knowledge of hazards and risk. Our approach includes co-designed research projects, training and capacity building, knowledge exchange and co-production of hard and soft tools to enhance the capacity of geoscience stakeholders to plan for, respond to and recover from disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ethiopia, BGS has worked with partners to co-design a series of workshops supporting the creation of a \u2018geohazards task force\u2019 at national level, which includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>national institutions (Geospatial Institute; Geological Survey of Ethiopia)<\/li><li>higher education institutions (Addis Ababa University)<\/li><li>disaster risk managers (NDRMC)<\/li><li>the responsible ministry (Ministry of Mines and Energy)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/fault-scarps.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Closely spaced fault scarps through basaltic lava flows, marking the centre of a rift segment within the Afar Depression. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_48104\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/fault-scarps-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Fault scarps\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/fault-scarps-960x497.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Closely spaced fault scarps through basaltic lava flows, marking the centre of a rift segment within the Afar Depression. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/fault-scarps.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Closely spaced fault scarps through basaltic lava flows, marking the centre of a rift segment within the Afar Depression. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_48104\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re taking a whole system approach to studies in the Fentale\/Lake Basaka area of Ethiopia, using geophysics, geochemistry, geology, groundwater, surface water, Earth observation and geothermal studies to better understand rifting, resources, hazards and environmental change. In addition, with partners across disciplines and sectors, we\u2019re developing research on the exposure and vulnerabilities of communities, infrastructure and supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work has also contributed to the understanding of volcanic threat for these nations in a global context (Brown et al., 2015) and identified key knowledge gaps that are presented in the Global Assessment Report for volcanoes in 2015 (Loughlin et al., 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Related projects<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.see.leeds.ac.uk\/afar\/\">Afar Rift Consortium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/earth-observation-landslides-in-ethiopia-2\/\">Earth observation and landslide research in Ethiopia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/volcanoes\/riftvolc\/\">RiftVolc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/upgro.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UpGRO \u2014 Unlocking Africa\u2019s Groundwater\u00a0Potential<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Key references<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brown, S K, Sparks, R S J, Mee, K, Ilyinskaya, E, Jenkins, S F, Loughlin, S C, and Vye-Brown, C. 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/7B3F303E4AEED536C3F96CB4E8DA0A34\/9781316276273apx2_p411-816_CBO.pdf\/online_appendix_b_part_1_low_res.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country and regional profiles of volcanic hazard and risk<\/a>. Appendix B, Part 1 in <em>Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk<\/em>. Loughlin, S C, Sparks, S, Brown, S K, Jenkins, S F, and Vye-Brown, C (editors). (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.)<\/p>\n<p>Loughlin, S C, Sparks, S, Brown, S K, Jenkins, S F, and Vye-Brown, C (editors). 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/CBO9781316276273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk<\/a>. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.)<\/p>\n<p>Medynski, S, Pik, R, Burnard, P, Dumont, S, Grandin, R, Williams, A, Blard, P-H, Schimmelpfennig, I, Vye-Brown, C, France, L, Ayalew, D, Benedetti, L, Yirgu, G, and ASTER team. 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.epsl.2016.04.014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magmatic cycles pace tectonic and morphological expression of rifting (Afar Depression, Ethiopia)<\/a>. <em>Earth and Planetary Science Letters<\/em>, Vol. 446, 77\u201388.<\/p>\n<p>Vye-Brown, C, Medynski, S, Smith, K B, Field, L, Hofmann, B, and Wright, T. 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/260434640_Geological_map_of_the_Dabbahu_Manda-Hararo_Rift_North_1100000_scale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geological map of the Dabbahu (Manda-Hararo) Rift, Afar, Ethiopia, 1:100\u00a0000 scale<\/a>. Second Edition. (Nottingham, UK: British Geological Survey.)<\/p>\n<p>Vye-Brown, C, Sparks, R S J, Lewi, E, Mewa, G, Asrat, A, Loughlin, S C, Mee, K, and Wright, T J. 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1144\/SP420.16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethiopian volcanic hazards: a changing research landscape<\/a>. 355\u2013365 in <em>Magmatism, Rifting and Active Volcanism<\/em>. 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