Africa is undergoing a dramatic geological transformation that will eventually split the continent into two and create a new ocean. This process is happening in the Afar region of Ethiopia, where a giant crack in the earth’s crust is widening and deepening, exposing the hot magma beneath.

2023年3月27日 · Geologists forecast that the East African Rift in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania, among other African countries, will split open, forming a new ocean. Stock image showing the world's tectonic...

2025年1月1日 · The new ocean forming in East Africa serves as a powerful reminder of Earth’s ever-changing nature. As research progresses, this extraordinary event continues to reveal the complexities of our planet’s geology and the remarkable forces shaping its future.

2020年7月17日 · It’s thought that Africa’s new ocean will take at least 5 million to 10 million years to form, but the Afar region’s fortuitous location at the boundaries of the Nubian, Somali and...

2023年2月10日 · Geologists have confirmed that a new ocean is being created as the African continent is split in half. An international effort has revealed that a 35 miles long rift appeared in the Ethiopian deserts of the Far region in 2005 and is probably the start of a brand-new sea.

2024年10月29日 · A marine geophysicist has explained what will happen as Earth slowly begins to form a new ocean. Thanks to globes, maps, books and posters, we're pretty familiar with what the Earth looks like now, with its five oceans, seven …

4 天之前 · Since 2005, a 35-mile-long crack known as the East African Rift has been forming. In the scorching deserts of East Africa, the ground is slowly tearing itself apart — a slow-motion, geological ...

2024年12月31日 · Researchers have discovered a major shift happening in Africa. Forces deep inside the Earth make Africa split apart and create a pathway for a new ocean to form. The East African Rift, a huge crack in the Earth’s surface, is the center of this activity.

2023年3月7日 · Researchers have discovered that two major sections of the continent have started to move apart, which could eventually lead to a slow formation of a new body of water, with landlocked countries...

2023年10月20日 · Researchers have found that the two parts of land, which make up the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, have started to separate - making way for a whole new ocean to run through the divide.