Is Africa splitting apart and about to form a new ocean? No. Not anytime soon, at least. But something interesting is happening.
Rift valleys have scientists rushing to understand the unpredictable forces that decide whether Africa splits in half or "fails" at rifting.Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science newsIn the days before and after a rift opened in the Ethiopian Desert in September 2005, the ground shook with no fewer than 420 earthquakes. Volcanic activity bubbled across the landscape, sending ash into the sky.
“Remember it has taken over 30 million years for the [crust] thickness around the rift valley to reduce from 40 kilometers to 35 kilometers,” geologist Edwin Dindi
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