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Why is Africa being ripped apart?
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Africa’s Great Rift Valley could be building toward the biggest geological event since the breakup of Pangea. But what will that future hold? Will Africa split in two, forming a new ocean, or is a catastrophic disaster looming? We journey beneath the crust to reveal the monumental geological forces at play, and uncover the fate of an entire continent.



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0:00 The East African Rift System
1:39 Africa Is Splitting Apart
6:25 A New Ocean Is Forming
8:19 Geothermal Energy
9:00 Compelling Evidence
13:02 Could It Fail?
15:10 Could It Erupt?
20:08 Recent Eruptions
22:10 Unusual Lava
26:59 Africa Is Changing… Slowly



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References:
“The Afar Triple Junction: Active Volcanism and Rift Formation in Northeast Africa”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/afartriple
“Africa Is Splitting in Two — Here’s Why”, via sciencefocus.com https://astrumspace.info/africasplit
“Geological Structure and Tectonics of the Afar Region”, via leeds.ac.uk https://astrumspace.info/afargeology
“The East African Rift Valley: A Developing Divergent Boundary”, via geolsoc.org.uk https://astrumspace.info/riftvalley
“Giant Crack in Africa Formed in Just Days”, via newscientist.com https://astrumspace.info/crustcrack
“Is Africa Splitting into Two Continents?”, via livescience.com https://astrumspace.info/splittingafrica
“North America’s Midcontinent Rift: When Rift Met Subduction”, via geoscienceworld.org https://astrumspace.info/midcontinentrift
“Geophysical Evidence for the Role of Mantle Plumes in the East African Rift”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/mantleplume
“Seismic Imaging Reveals Magma Pathways Beneath the East African Rift”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/magmapathways
“Tackling the Drivers of East Africa’s Surprising Earthquake Risk”, via worldbank.org https://astrumspace.info/eastafricaquakes



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Credits:
Narrator: James Stewart
Writers: Nigel Code, James Stewart
Video Editor: Celal Kaçar
Animator: Peter Sheppard
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Manager: Raquel Taylor
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan



Featuring animation by @fern-tv



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