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Australia's hidden cracks: The continent's slow split revealed
Discover the unsettling truth about Australia's stability as scientists uncover hidden tectonic forces at play beneath the ...
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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One of the World’s Largest Continents Is Splitting Apart, and a New Ocean Emerges Faster Than Scientists Predicted
The African continent is undergoing a geological transformation that, in the distant future, could create a new ocean. Researchers studying the East African Rift System have observed the tectonic ...
Continents drift apart in slow, powerful motions that reshape the world above and below your feet. A new study now shows that when continents split, they also shed parts of their deep roots. Those ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Continents drift apart in slow, powerful motions that reshape the world above and below your feet. (CREDIT: Jeff Hazard / CC BY-SA ...
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