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Tectonic shifts could lead Africa to split into ... the African continent could be cut in half and separated by a new body of water. The initial separation between the two plates has been captured ...
Millions of years ago, the continents were all bunched together in a landmass named Pangea. Millions of years from now, geologists say, there will likely be an ocean dividing two sections of Africa.
Africa is slowly splitting in two ... of East Africa chip off from the rest of the continent, likely resulting in a new ocean arising between the two land masses. You can stamp all you like ...
And millions of years in the future, there may be a new continent — because Africa is splitting. Indeed, scientists have known for the past two decades ... fill these newly formed gaps, a ...
Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the ...
Africa is splitting into two continents. The splitting of Africa will create ... the Red Sea will start to flood the crack and then a new ocean is formed. This is what will happen in the next million ...
Researchers have found fresh evidence that Africa is breaking apart because of a deep mantle superplume of hot rock beneath ...
(photo credit: REUTERS) Tectonic plate shifts in Ethiopia show that the African continent is splitting in two – paving ... and become a new ocean, and that part of East Africa will become ...
Heavy rains have opened up a giant chasm in Kenya, leading to predictions that the African continent will split into two. The crack in ... to Madagascar or New Zealand. Fortunately for those ...
Scientists and geologists have discovered something shocking on the Earth’s map. The continent of Africa is splitting in two, which means that a new ocean could form over time. This split could change ...
One scenario has most of the Somalian plate separating from the rest of the African continent, with a sea forming between them. This new landmass ... However, Africa may not split in two.