Secrets of ocean birth laid bare:
Geologists say a crack that opened up last year may eventually reach the Red Sea, isolating much of Ethiopia and Eritrea from the rest of Africa.
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“We think if these processes continue, a new ocean will eventually form,” he told the BBC News website. “It will connect to the Red Sea and the ocean will flow in.”
When do they expect this? “in about a million years.” Just around the corner geologically speaking, though for me that still seems a long way off 
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