Scientists have warned of the possibility of a new ocean in the world in the future, according to NBC News. Researchers estimate that in about five to ten million years - a tectonic fault will form in eastern Africa, so the continent.
This part of the continent is in the Afar region of Ethiopia, which is located at the junction of three tectonic plates and is gradually separated from each other. The tectonic fault in the region appeared in 2005.
Its length is now about 56 kilometers. It's the only place on Earth where you can learn how a continental rift is an oceanic rift, "said Christopher Moore, a professor at the University of Leeds in the UK. Scientists believe the natural phenomenon was caused by increased pressure from shielding magma. watching.