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New African Ocean Slowly Emerging

November 4, 2009 pochp

Is this good news for Africa?:

‘Africa is getting a new ocean—in a million years, give or take.New oceanIt’s starting with a 35-mile rift in the Ethiopian desert caused by the eruption of a volcano in 2005. The rift will eventually meet with the Red Sea, allowing the waters to spill in, say scientists.
‘The process is a small part of the separation of the African and Arabian tectonic plates, which have been moving away from one another at a rate of 1 inch per year for 30 million years, LiveScience reports.’

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  1. pochp
    November 4, 2009 at 4:24 pm | #1
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    Sharp catch David. My bad I missed that.
    Btw, I’m very grateful you visited me at MillionClues.
    I owe you buddy :-)

    • David Spira
      November 5, 2009 at 3:45 pm | #2
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      Anytime. It was a good post… but my comment disappeared from the site.

      • pochp
        November 5, 2009 at 4:00 pm | #3
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        I know. That’s why I replied on your comment here.
        But no worry, I also left a reply to you at Million Clues
        plus another commenter.
        Your name is still there :-D

  2. writerdood
    November 4, 2009 at 4:19 pm | #4
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    Yeah, but they’ll have a new lake!

    • pochp
      November 4, 2009 at 4:29 pm | #5
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      LOL Sharp catch too Dood.
      My bad I missed that too :-D

  3. David Spira
    November 4, 2009 at 4:15 pm | #6
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    It’s bad news. It means that they have a lot of seismic activity to look forward to.

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