A new ocean is forming in East Africa due to tectonic shifts, potentially reshaping the continent and altering global geography over millions of years.

Remarkably, it could one day lead to the formation of Earth's sixth ocean ... flooding the Afar region and the East African Rift Valley with water from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

Speaking to DailyMail.co.uk, the academic said: "What might happen is that the waters of the Indian Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley." The academic ...

Speaking to DailyMail.co.uk, the academic said: "What might happen is that the waters of the Indian Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley." Professor Macdonald ...

What might happen is that the waters of the Indian Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley,' Macdonald said. Macdonald added that the new ocean could become as ...

Nestled in western Kenya's highlands, 2,200 meters above sea level, Eldoret — a six-hour drive from Nairobi that crosses both the equator and the East African Rift Valley — wears its moniker ...

"What might happen is that the waters of the Indian Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley," Ken Macdonald, a professor at the University of California, Santa ...