A new ocean? Scientists track dramatic (but slow) changes near Africa.
Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.
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Africa's slow split: A new ocean in the making
Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...
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Africa's slow split: Tectonic shifts shape a new future
Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...
Inside the One Place on Earth Where You Can Step Between Tectonic Plates
"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...
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Scientists Say a Sixth Ocean Is Forming as East Africa Splits Apart
Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...
Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought
Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...
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The only city in the world located between two tectonic plates is in Spain
The Earth sure knows how to keep things moving. At their edges, tectonic plates interact and naturally collide, driven by the Earth’s internal geological forces. These movements are the powerhouse ...
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Discovery of a lost world beneath the Pacific, challenging our knowledge
While doctors use ultrasound to visualize organs without opening the body, geophysicists analyze seismic waves to map the ... is divided into several tectonic plates that float and move slowly on the ...