A new ocean is forming in East Africa due to tectonic shifts, potentially reshaping the continent and altering global geography over millions of years.

Africa is undergoing a gradual geological transformation, with tectonic forces slowly pulling the continent apart. This ...

A 35-mile-long fissure in East Africa signals the continents gradual separation, leading to the formation of a new ocean in ...

In essence, EARS is a fracture in Africa that gradually widens. The plates that seem to be shifting away from one another include the Nubian (African) Plate and the Somalian Plate. In addition, both ...

It marked the start of a long process in which the African plate is splitting into two tectonic plates - the Somali plate and the Nubian plate. Advert The crack resides on the borders of the ...

"It marked the start of a long process in which the African plate is splitting into two tectonic plates: the Somali plate and the Nubian plate," said Unilad. Then, in 2018, another crack appeared ...

This continent may be dividing in two, according to a startling finding on the map of Earth. Africa is expected to split but only within millions of years.