Watch Africa is Slowly Creating a New Ocean in New Channel | Channify

Volcanic eruptions spewing red-hot magma & shifting tectonic plates mean our future maps of Africa will have a lot more blue on them. There is a new ocean on the way as two of Africa's tectonic plates move away from each other. Sounds dramatic except that this process is going to take 1 million years. More Interesting facts about Africa creating its own ocean: - A crack in the desert is expected to become the worlds next ocean. - 2 tectonic plates under Africa are moving away from each other. - In recent years a 60 km long fissure has appeared in Ethiopia. - The crack sealed itself with 2.5 cubic km of molten rock. - This volcanic activity is identical to what happens at the bottom of the oceans. - The fissure is widening at a rate of 2 cm per year. - Once formed the ocean would take on water from the Red sea and the Gulf of Aden. - The Horn of Africa will separate itself from the rest of the continent. - This process should take about 1 million years.