Hosted on MSN4mon
Africa is starting to split into two and form Earth's sixth's ocean - here's why
Writing in The Conversation, Lucía Pérez Díaz, at the time a postdoctoral researcher in the Fault Dynamics ... to the ongoing East African Rift. “For example, the crack could be the result ...
THE WEEK1mon
Africa is going through a massive breakup thanks to an impending continental separation
"It marked the start of a long process in which the African plate is splitting into two tectonic plates: the Somali plate and the Nubian plate," said Unilad. Then, in 2018, another crack appeared ...
Business Today1d
' Africa will split in two': Scientists warn of a possible sixth ocean forming for Earth
Kenya’s Rift Valley Crack (2018) A massive crack ... as the region sits on a fault line. The splitting of Africa isn’t an isolated event; continents have drifted apart and re-merged at ...