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Africa dividing in two as a new continent is created.
It’s one of the most astounding tales of the natural world that we can recall—new oceans are physically tearing apart the continent of Africa.
Images of the striking division, captured by Julie Rowland of the University of Auckland, demonstrate how two enormous swaths of Kenyan land have been drifting apart as a new ocean begins to form.
The advances may eventually result in the continent’s landlocked nations having a shoreline.
Indeed, it may only take a few million years for Zambia and Uganda to become neighbors with an ocean. It’s also believed that eventually, the divide will widen to the point that East Africa would become its own continent.
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The East African Rift is the name given to the rift created by the shifting of the African, Arabian, and Somali tectonic plates, which are moving apart at a rate of around one inch per year.
Since its initial discovery in Ethiopia in 2005, the phenomenon has captivated scientists with its 35-mile length.
Examining the characteristic in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed journal.
Ken Macdonald is an emeritus professor of marine geophysics and geophysics at the University of California. “With GPS measurements, you can measure rates of movement down to a few millimeters per year,” MacDonald stated. We are able to gain a far better understanding of the situation as more and more GPS measurements become available.
“That portion of East Africa will become its own distinct small continent, and the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea will flood in over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley and become a new ocean.”
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Examining the characteristic in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed journal.
Ken Macdonald is an emeritus professor of marine geophysics and geophysics at the University of California. “With GPS measurements, you can measure rates of movement down to a few millimeters per year,” MacDonald stated. We are able to gain a far better understanding of the situation as more and more GPS measurements become available.
Examining the characteristic in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed journal.
Ken Macdonald is an emeritus professor of marine geophysics and geophysics at the University of California. “With GPS measurements, you can measure rates of movement down to a few millimeters per year,” MacDonald stated. We are able to gain a far better understanding of the situation as more and more GPS measurements become available.
Examining the characteristic in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed journal.
Ken Macdonald is an emeritus professor of marine geophysics and geophysics at the University of California. “With GPS measurements, you can measure rates of movement down to a few millimeters per year,” MacDonald stated. We are able to gain a far better understanding of the situation as more and more GPS measurements become available.
Examining the characteristic in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed journal.
Ken Macdonald is an emeritus professor of marine geophysics and geophysics at the University of California. “With GPS measurements, you can measure rates of movement down to a few millimeters per year,” MacDonald stated. We are able to gain a far better understanding of the situation as more and more GPS measurements become available.
Examining the characteristic in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed journal.
Ken Macdonald is an emeritus professor of marine geophysics and geophysics at the University of California. “With GPS measurements, you can measure rates of movement down to a few millimeters per year,” MacDonald stated. We are able to gain a far better understanding of the situation as more and more GPS measurements become available.
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