A new ocean is forming in East Africa due to tectonic shifts, potentially reshaping the continent and altering global geography over millions of years.

A 35-mile-long crack was discovered along a section of the East African Rift (EAR) in Afar ... being separated by continuous forces of tectonic plates, with the process said to be similar to ...

It marked the start of a long process in which the African plate was splitting into two tectonic plates: the Somali plate and the Nubian ... A new ocean basin will be created because of the expansion ...

Scientists have warned that Africa ... 2,000-mile rift that formed at least 22 million years ago where the continent's Great Lakes reside. This region is also home to two tectonic plates, the ...

Africa's tectonic plates have collided to form large mountains ... Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley," Ken Macdonald, a professor at the University of ...

While the actual dramatic split and creation of a new continent and ocean are at least a million years away and we'll all ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as the East African Rift ... phenomenon are tectonic plates—massive ...

Tectonic plates – huge pieces made of the planet ... Indian Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley,’ Ken Macdonald, a professor at the University of California ...