Africa’s Fire Mountain Unleashes a Stunning Lava Show
Deep within Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Virunga National Park is home to some of the continent’s most active volcanoes, ...
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Africa is going through a massive breakup thanks to an impending continental separation
In 2005, Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in the desert called the East African Rift. "It marked the start of a long process in which the ...
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'Earth is splitting into two': We will get a new ocean and continent faster than we thought
The East African Rift is silently tearing the continent apart, paving the way for a new ocean and reshaping Earth's geography in real-time. A study by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology reveals ...
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Why Is Africa Splitting Into Two Continents?
The East African Rift, which appeared as a 35-mile ... by tectonic activities similar to those happening in oceanic rift zones. This crack marks the boundary of three tectonic plates—the African ...
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The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart
Series exploring east Africa's Great Rift Valley. On the vast savannahs, grazers and predators struggle to outwit each other, forcing primates to develop social systems. Show more Visible from ...
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'Africa is splitting': Continent's split could form a massive ocean sooner than expected!
The East African Rift, stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, 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 ...