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🌊 Discovery: the Red Sea disappeared then reappeared abruptly

In the past, the Red Sea underwent a spectacular transformation that radically changed its appearance. This body of water, now rich in marine life, went through a period of complete drying ...
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Africa is splitting—and Earth's sixth ocean is rising from below

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 ...
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Africa Begins to Split, Leading to Formation of Earth’s Sixth Ocean | Video

*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 ...
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We detected deep pulses beneath Africa—what we learned could help us understand volcanic activity

Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years—and they still are. Our new study reveals fresh evidence of rhythmic pulses of ...
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A newly forming ocean may split Africa apart, scientists say

"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental breakup." A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing ...
Nature

Mantle movements beneath Ethiopia reveal rift formation

The hot layer between the Earth’s crust and mantle is not static in the Afar region of Ethiopia but is surging rhythmically upwards. A study in Nature Geoscience 1 by researchers from 10 institutions, ...