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Geologists Reveal A New Ocean Is Opening Up In Africa – The Continent Is Peeling Apart

In case you didn’t know already, experts have already stated that in five to ten million years or so, the tectonic plates that hold Africa together will eventually snap off and split the continent in two.
This has been observed through the Afar region from Ethiopia, the Arabian, Nubian and Somali tectonic plates which clearly pull away from one another, causing tearing to slowly happen.
This new ocean which will open up in time will cause the whole planet’s ecosystem to change altogether.

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The tectonic plates from all the way around the globe usually move around every day, but these three are doing so at an especially rapid pace which causes the tearing to happen at an alarming rate.
Most experts agree that this is caused by the superheated rocks that are all bubbling up from the mantle where the three plates meet. This discovery was made with the GPS measurements which appear to be moving around a few millimeters per year according to expert Ken Macdonald.
If we can actually scan this incident more as it proceeds experts believe that we will be able to prepare a lot better in the case of such an event actually happening on the other continents, to begin with.
Seeing it happen right in front of us is strange, to say the least, and it does make us feel like we are powerless against nature, but with time and perseverance, the experts believe that we will be able to adapt to it and eventually overcome it in case it affects us more directly in the near future.
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