Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Experts monitoring the gap say the deepening crack will eventually separate from the rest of the continent as water emerges, effectively reshaping the world map ... the East African Rift Valley." ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

The East African Rift system The Afar triple point combines three rifts: the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the East Africa rift. We will start with the latter, as it is the one that grabs most ...

While the current maps of the world are fairly accurate ... Indian Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley. "In the human life scale, you won't be seeing many ...

Addis Ababa, — Ethiopia's Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) membership significantly enhances its investment appeal. This 21-member economic community, with a population ...

Future Continental Breakup: If rifting continues, the Horn of Africa may eventually separate from the main African continent, forming a new ocean basin.

This rare, monumental event is a direct consequence of the movements of tectonic plates, which continue to separate, pulling East Africa ... the rift valley, and a separate landmass, including ...

In 2005, Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in the desert called the East African Rift. "It marked the start of a long process in which the ...

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 ... geologic evidence in Ethiopia and elsewhere in ...

AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia's desert ... flood what is now the East African Rift Valley," Ken Macdonald, a ...