The African continent is undergoing a dramatic transformation as tectonic forces carve a path toward the formation of a new ocean. The East African Rift System, a vast network of faults stretching ...

A Geological Laboratory The Afar region is home to the East African Rift Valley, a massive crack in the Earth’s surface that stretches through Ethiopia and Kenya. In 2005, a 35-mile-long fissure ...

Here’s how it works. A pulsing mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is gradually forming a new ocean. (Image credit: Dr Derek Keir, University of Southampton/ University of Florence) ...

When this happens, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea will pour into the rift, creating a new ocean basin and turning the Horn of Africa into a separate small continent. Today, the Afar region remains ...

A giant pulse beneath Africa could split the continent — and form an ocean Discovery reveals pulsing mantle plume beneath Ethiopia, where a new ocean is forming. Date: June 27, 2025 Source ...

The magma inside the volcano did not reach the surface and erupt as a fountain of lava – instead, it was diverted into the continental rift underground. The magma cooled into a wedge-shaped ...