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+-   Birth of a new African Ocean-> on Sunday October 05 2008, @12:09PM Khemisty

Submitted by Khemisty on Sunday October 05 2008, @12:09PM
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Khemisty writes "Formation of an ocean is a rare event, one few scientists have ever witnessed. Yet this geophysical nativity is unfolding today in one of the hottest and most inhospitable corners of the globe. Africa is splitting splitting apart at the seams — literally. From the southern tip of the Red Sea southward through Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, the continent is coming unstitched along a zone called the East African Rift."
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