Such changes, while slow on a human timescale ... community for the broader impacts on the continent. The new ocean forming in East Africa serves as a powerful reminder of Earth’s ever-changing ...

When these plates shift, they create rifts like this one, which could eventually lead to new oceans forming. This is kind of how the Atlantic Ocean ... As Africa’s plate slowly splits apart ...

marks where the Somalian and Nubian plates are slowly moving apart, setting the stage for Africa’s eventual split. Future Ocean to Form Once the continental split completes, a new ocean will ...

Africa is splitting into two continents ... “Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and some parts of Ethiopia would form a new continent separated by the world’s sixth ocean.” Agricultural activities, climate ...

A dramatic transformation is unfolding in Africa as tectonic ... sets the stage for a new ocean. The African and Somali plates diverge at 0.8 cm annually, forming a 60-km-long rift in Ethiopia ...