Africa's major discovery of new 300-mile ocean as continent splits

A vast new ocean stretching hundreds of miles could one day split Africa in two, scientists have warned, after discovering ...

Earth’s Crust Is Tearing Open in Africa, and It Could Form a New Ocean

Scientists have found that the crust beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift is thinning to a critical point, signaling that the ...

In Eastern Africa, the cradle of humankind is tearing apart

Eastern Africa's Turkana Rift is both a hotbed for fossil discoveries of our earliest ancestors and a literal hotbed of ...
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A Sixth Ocean Is Forming as East Africa Splits Apart

Since 2005, a 35-mile-long crack known as the East African Rift has been forming. In the scorching deserts of East Africa, ...
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Scientists just discovered Africa is closer to breaking apart than we thought

Beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift, scientists have found the crust is thinning to a critical point, suggesting the continent ...
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Africa’s great divide: Why the continent’s split is so exciting for science

Time and time again, Hollywood has embraced an imminent apocalypse, as films like “2012” beamed the fictionalized end of the world onto the big screen. Fortunately, the scientific logic for many such ...