Study: Volcanic boundaries in Ethiopia may break apart in large sections An opening in desert ground in Ethiopia is one manifestation of a rift that may eventually give rise to a new ocean. Police: Florida wife faked her own... [read full story]
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Thursday, November 5, 2009 Geologists have confirmed that the African continent is being torn in two, forming a new ocean. An international collaboration has shown that a 35 mile long rift in the Afar region of the Ethiopian...
A 35-mile-long rift in Ethiopia will eventually become a new ocean. Using newly gathered seismic data from 2005, researchers reconstructed the event to show the rift tore open along its entire 35-mile length in just days....
A crack in the Earth's crust – which could be the forerunner to a new ocean – ripped open in just days in 2005, a new study suggests. The opening, located in the Afar region of Ethiopia, presents a unique opportunity for...
A very interesting news caught my attention this morning. It's about the 35-mile-long rift that broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. This actually happened in 2005 and some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of...
A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm. The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean.
A new study reported by the Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and the University of Rochester sheds light on how the continents move, and oceans are created. In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground...
Rochester NY (SPX) Nov 04, 2009 - In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African...
A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed...
A large rift in Ethiopia’s Afar desert may be the beginnings of a new ocean. An eruption from the Dabbahu volcano triggered the rift’s formation, when the ground split about 6 meters (20 feet) in the course of a few days....
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A 35-mile-long rift in the desert of Ethiopia could rip open, creating a new sea in just days, scientists say. Researchers from the University of Rochester in New York, along with...
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