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Africa is being split in two by terrifying crack in Earth's surface - faster than expected
The East African Rift threatens to split the massive contient into two plates in the distant future, though geological events ...
Why Is Africa Splitting Into Two Continents?
Africa is undergoing a gradual geological transformation, with tectonic forces slowly pulling the continent apart. This ...
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Scientists Say a Sixth Ocean Is Forming as East Africa Splits Apart
Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...
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Africa is going through a massive breakup thanks to an impending continental separation
In 2005, Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in the desert called the East African Rift. "It marked the start of a long process in which the ...
Scientists predict Earth could get eighth continent and new ocean sooner than we ever thought
Scientists are predicting that Earth's eighth continent could develop a lot sooner than initially thought. We'll be long dead when/if the eighth continent emerges around the eastern coast of Africa - ...
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Rift in Paradise
The East African Rift System bisects the horn of Africa—the Nubian plate to the west moving away from the Somalian plate to the east—before forking down either side of Uganda. The western rift ...
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Africa: Deserts, fast cats and huge elephants
The East African rift features some of Africa’s most iconic landmarks including Mount Kilimanjaro and the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania. At around 6,400 km (4000 mi) long, the East ...