A New Ocean Could Be Forming Beneath Africa 😳 Scientists Can’t Stop This From Happening

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]But, what drives the plates apart?

[00:00:02]Heat.

[00:00:03]Deep within the Earth, superheated material rises from the mantle, pushing upward against the crust like a slow-motion blowtorch. As the crust heats, it weakens. As it weakens, it [music] stretches. As it stretches, it fractures. A sheet of rock being pulled to its breaking point. Large blocks of land lose their structural support and sink, forming the deep, jagged valleys that define the rift. A monumental collapse on a continental scale. What looks like solid, stable ground from the surface is, in geological terms, a continent in the early stages of collapse. The foundations of Africa are shifting. But, where does this process reach [music] its most extreme limit?

[00:00:47]Next, we go where the Earth literally bleeds. Join us for part three.