New Ocean Forming In Ethiopia

Although the birth of an ocean is an extremely rare phenomenon on the largest of historical scales, the geophysics is currently experiencing such an event. Even more dazzling, this occurs in one of the Earth's most inhospitable and arid regions, the Afar Depression in Ethiopia.... [ read more >> ]

Afar Ocean, possibly 10 million years from now

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Afar Ocean, possibly 10 million years from now