Earth set to change forever: a sixth ocean “on the verge of forming”
A new ocean is in the process of forming, a consequence of tectonic movements that are splitting the African continent. This event, which could happen in the next five to ten million years, will mark ...
BBC6 年
The chance events that led to human existence
How have we ended up as the most advanced species on a small blue-green planet, orbiting a seemingly ... Human intelligence was born in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, as our ape ancestors ...
National Geographic news4 年
The Salt and the Earth
In September 2005 Afar herders in northern Ethiopia watched in amazement as the Earth yawned open and ... The Afar depression and the entire Great Rift Valley will cradle a new sea that connects ...
Moviefone9 个月
The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart (2010)
A BBC/Animal Planet co-production, the three-part series focuses on the landscape and wildlife of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa.
National Geographic news1 年
Plate Tectonics
The Earth's plates jostle about in fits and starts ... On land, giant troughs such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa form where plates are tugged apart. If the plates there continue to diverge ...
The Mirror27 天
Africa is being 'ripped apart' and could split in two much sooner than expected
It's one of the few spots on Earth where tectonic activity is actively separating parts of the planet's crust ... flood what is now the East African Rift Valley." The academic, who specialises ...