Highlights from the current scientific literature and other news

Feyisa et al., 2026, Helyion

An integrated geophysical approach to groundwater potential assessment in Central Ethiopia: Adama to Awash Melkasa areas

Tortelli et al., 2026, Scientific Reports

Cluster analysis reveals increasing plume-like magmatism during progressive rifting in Afar (Ethiopia)

Darling et al., 2026, Journal of Hydrology

Recharge elevation, residence time and renewability of groundwater in the Upper Awash valley, Ethiopia: Applying environmental tracers in a highly populated volcanic basin

Yemane et al., 2026, Geophysical Journal International

Seismic tomography of Aluto volcano: insights into subsurface fluid distribution

Bewketu et al., 2026, Results in Earth Sciences

Mapping subsurface lineaments beneath the Ethiopian plateaus and the adjoining Ethiopian rifts using gravity data: Implications for tectonic evolution of the underlying crust

Melaku et al., 2026, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Changing volatile emissions and sources along the Ethiopian Rift

Wilkinson-Rowe et al., 2026, Quaternary Science Reviews

Refining Late Holocene explosive eruption histories of the Main Ethiopian Rift with lake sediment tephra records

Virchov et al., 2026, Journal of African Earth Sciences

Fluoride distribution in volcanic rocks of the Aluto volcano complex, Main Ethiopian Rift

Wassihun et al., 2026, Journal of African Earth Sciences

Subsurface magmatic structure beneath the nested Awasa-Corbetti caldera complex, Main Ethiopian Rift, as determined from gravity data

La Rosa et al., 2025, Frontiers in Earth Sciences

Segmented dike intrusion linked to multi-level magma storage during and before the 2025 eruption at Erta Ale (East Africa)

Way et al., 2025, Bulletin of Volcanology

Real-time satellite monitoring of the 2024–2025 dyke intrusion sequence at Fentale-Dofen volcanoes, Ethiopia Rift

Yemane et al., 2025, Geophysical Research Letters

Mapping Geothermal Fluids Using Seismic Absorption and Scattering: A Case Study From Aluto Volcano

Alemayehu et al., 2025, Frontiers in Earth Science

The first observation of seismicity beneath the northwestern Ethiopian plateau and its seismotectonic implications

Legesse and Mammo, 2025, Journal of Seismology

Seismic amplification of peak ground acceleration, velocity and displacement by 3D topographic irregularities along the Plateau-Rift margin of Ethiopia

Zwaan et al., 2025, Tektonika

Local Strain Reorientation Explains Deformation of Rift-oblique Tectonic Lineaments Along the Main Ethiopian Rift