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When Continents Split and Oceans Are Born: The East African Rift’s Slow March Toward a Sixth Ocean and a New Africa
The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea will flood over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley, giving rise to a new ...
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This Continent Is Splitting and Might Create a New Ocean on Earth
Scientists are nearly certain a new ocean is forming. Tectonic plates shifting in Africa could one day cause a new ocean to form. The plates in northeast Africa are moving at a rate of .3 inches per ...
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Earth set to change forever: a sixth ocean is “on the verge of forming”
Although the creation of a sixth ocean is a long-term process, scientists assure that this event will change the configuration of the continents as we know them. However, the creation of new ...