Scientists have warned that the African continent is starting to split into two, and due to this, a sixth ocean will be formed on Earth. Scientists have said that due to this very rare event in the world, the states of Kerala, Maharashtra, and Karnataka will become cold regions like Kashmir. A news collection about it.
According to scientific studies, changes occurred in the Earth’s land surface due to the movements of the land plates. As a result of different land masses colliding with each other, 7 continents were formed in the world.
A rift is when a land plate splits into two, three, or more. That is, a plate breaks and splits into two. If water enters between them, it becomes two countries.
Although it takes thousands of years for two plates to move, there are more chances of Rift happening faster if earthquakes occur frequently. This rift is currently occurring in East Africa.
This rift in East Africa was formed at least 22 million years ago. For the past 25 years, the continent has been slowly breaking apart. In 2005, a rift about 56 kilometers wide appeared in Ethiopia.
It has been found that the rift is expanding at a rate of one inch per year. It is said that water is gradually entering this area and it will form an ocean.
Scientists have now discovered that the rift in the continent is occurring as tectonic plates move away from each other.
Three tectonic plates in East Africa, the African Nubian, African Somali, and Arabian, have already started moving. These have been detected not only by satellites, but also by the naked eye, and the cracks have increased.
Scientists, who have said that it is not known whether this rifting will continue at the current rate, have predicted that a large sea like the Red Sea may form. It is said that this new sea is not likely to appear for the next 50,000 years and that it will happen gradually.
Scientists say that this will take at least five million years to happen, and that a new continent will form, comprising three-quarters of Somalia and Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. It will be the 8th continent in the world.
Due to this rift in Africa, a part of the African continent will collide with the land area in the Arabian Sea region of India.
As a result, new mountains will form in the Arabian Sea. Due to this, the states of Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka will become cold regions like Kashmir. It will take several hundred thousand years for changes in this land surface to occur.
Scientists have said that if a major earthquake or a major tsunami occurs on the same day, there is a possibility that the changes will occur suddenly.
