# Africa Is Tearing Apart Much Faster Than Expected

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Podcast: [Bright Side](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bright-side-3596359)
Published: 2026-06-27T11:00:00+00:00
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Africa is splitting in two, and it’s happening way faster than scientists thought! 🌍⚡ A massive crack is forming along the East African Rift, slowly breaking the continent apart. One day—millions of years from now—a new ocean could form right in the middle! 🌊 Scientists have been tracking this shift, and recent studies show that the process is speeding up. Earth’s plates are moving beneath our feet all the time, but this is a huge transformation. Who knows? In the distant future, we might have a whole new continent floating in the ocean! Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... : Plaque Somalienne: By Micheletb, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Albertine Rift: By Christoph Hormann, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... : View along the active Manda-Hararo rift: By DavidMPyle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabbahu... Afar Triangle: By CentreLeftRight, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... East African Rift System: By TimCowley, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Animated Tectonic Plates Collide Loop: By LasquetiSpice, CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... , https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/anima... UNICEF Ethiopia / YouTube garfieldcdss / YouTube Greenlight Africa / YouTube Gregornot / Reddit Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: / brightside Instagram:…

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