Africa Is Breaking Apart Right Now - New Ocean Is Coming

Africa is slowly tearing apart, and scientists say the process is already creating the foundations of a brand-new ocean. Deep beneath East Africa, powerful geological forces are pulling the continent in different directions, opening enormous cracks in the ground and reshaping the landscape before our eyes. Researchers have discovered that the East African Rift is evolving faster than previously believed in some regions, raising fascinating questions about how continents break apart and new oceans are born. Although the transformation will take millions of years to fully unfold, the earliest stages are happening right now, providing a rare glimpse into one of Earth's most dramatic geological events. This video explores the giant rift splitting Africa, the science driving the separation, and what our planet may look like when a new ocean eventually fills the gap.

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Tectonic plates: by USGS https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tectonic_plates-fr.png
ISS-30 East African Rift Valley in Kenya: by NASA https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-30_East_African_Rift_Valley_in_Kenya.jpg
Tectonic plate: by NOAA https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NOAA_tectonic_plate_all.jpg
Tsunami Animation: by NOAA https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NOAA_Tsunami_Animation-2016.webm

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Tectonic plates (2022): by M.Bitton https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tectonic_plates_(2022).svg
Horn of Africa: by L'Américain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horn_of_Africa_(orthographic_projection).svg
Tulerõngas: by Siim Sepp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tuler%C3%B5ngas.jpg

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Entstehung und Quellen des Himalaya-Gebirges: by ZDF/Terra X/Faszination Erde/C. Götz-Sobel/O. Rötz/M. Zimmermann/Maximilian Mohr https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entstehung_und_Quellen_des_Himalaya-Gebirges.webm
Tectonic plate model 1Ga: by Andrew Merdith https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tectonic_plate_model_1Ga.webm
Motion of Nubia Plate: by Rollingfrenzy https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motion_of_Nubia_Plate.gif
New Aurica Animation: by Sammy2012 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Aurica_Animation.ogv
Future Plate Tectonics: by Christopher R. Scotese, Ben A. van der Pluijm https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ess2650-sup-0001-2019ea000989-ms10.webm
Plate Velocities: by Christopher R. Scotese, Ben A. van der Pluijm https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ess2650-sup-0001-2019ea000989-ms09.webm
Die Entstehung der Anden: by ZDF/Terra X/Hanna Kotarba/Albrecht M. Wendlandt https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Die_Entstehung_der_Anden.webm
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