Africa is splitting into two as new ocean forms, researchers say
Shifting tectonic plates have been splitting the continent since the East African Rift – a 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert – emerged in 2005.
A tanker drives near a chasm suspected to have been caused by a heavy downpour along an underground fault-line near the Rift Valley town of Mai-Mahiu.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated:
