None of the researchers expects that they will observe the separation of Ethiopia in their lifetimes. New seafloor creation happens over the course of millions of years, but they believe that one day Ethiopia and even parts of Kenya might one day become an island continent of its own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I wonder how climate change factors into the scenario of a new ocean in Africa.\u00c2\u00a0 Could rising sea levels provide the needed water to flood the ocean floor?\u00c2\u00a0 Would rising surface temperatures from global warming create a warm inland sea?\u00c2\u00a0 I guess we will have to wait millions of years to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Can an ocean be born out of a desert?\u00c2\u00a0 Scientists believe that is what they are witnessing in Ethiopia.\u00c2\u00a0 In 2005, the 35-mile Ethiopian rift emerged from volcanic processes occurring under the earth’s surface.\u00c2\u00a0 These processes mimic those found at the bottom of the ocean, and scientists believe it is “likely the beginning of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[19,32],"tags":[70,2854,2648,693,694,825,1516],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/ethiopia.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}