A new ocean could form in the distant future after a split continues to form in Africa, according to researchers. "This is the only place on Earth where you can study how a continental rift becomes an ...
The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...
In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A 35-mile-long crack, known as the East African Rift, is gradually tearing through ...
*Africa’s tectonic activity is allegedly splitting the continent, potentially creating a new ocean in about 50 million years. This process echoes Earth’s historical shifts, including the breakup of ...
Large cracks in Ethiopian soil reveal geological process that could divide Africa and form new ocean
A series of slowly widening fissures in southern Ethiopia once again drew the attention of scientists and authorities to one ...
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How the African continent might tear itself apart
You’ve seen politics and national borders change all the time, but have you ever witnessed a continent literally breaking ...
This rift is slowly pulling the African continent apart, and over millions of years, it could isolate the eastern portion of ...
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