In the future the Earth can expect the birth of a new ocean. This was stated by the scientists, analyzing the movement of tectonic plates in Africa.
According to the study, the tectonic plates of the planet move in different directions from each other, with the result that Africa will slowly disintegrate into two parts.
Between its parts there will be a new water basin. This will be possible in about 5-10 million years, because such huge objects can be split at speeds up to 1.2 cm in one year.
In particular thus due to the divergence of the African and Arabian tectonic plates formed the Red sea and Gulf of Aden, writes NBC News
Now scientists are fixed on the surface of Africa long 56-kilometer crack in the desert of Ethiopia. It was first discovered in 2005.
Earlier, a new study by an international group of scientists has questioned the generally accepted theory of formation of continents by the movement of tectonic plates. It turned out that the composition of the rocks does not correspond to the theory of subduction, which suggests that the earth’s plates move over one another, forming mountains and oceans, reported NEWS.ru.
