Scientists are nearly certain a new ocean is forming. Tectonic plates shifting in Africa could one day cause a new ocean to ...

A quiet and slow-moving change is unfolding beneath the surface of East Africa– one that could, over millions of years, reshape not only the continent but the global map as we know it. Scientists ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of ...

Africa’s future coastline ... glimpse at the planet’s reshaping in real-time. So while your lifetime won’t include swimming in Africa’s new ocean, it’s a humbling reminder: the Earth ...

Getty The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section of Northern Africa could pull the area that is currently Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea away from the rest ...

While this transformation won’t be complete for another 50 million years, the ongoing drift is already reshaping Africa's landscape in real ... Ocean to Form Once the continental split completes ...

Its eventual closure altered global climate, changed marine life, and created new land connections ... Cretaceous period, Africa began inching toward Eurasia. The Tethys Ocean, caught in between ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of the ...