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After several millennia of drying, faults in E. African Rift Zone deepen, and E. Africa is pulling away from continent. LDEO geologist Christopher Scholz & colleagues find that even today's surviving lakes have receded, increasing movement within faults. Via Popular Mechanics. https://bit.ly/49XS3FX

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Africa Is Drying Up, and It’s Tearing the Continent in Two—Literally With less water in the lakes, especially Lake Turkana, it has become easier for the great rift beneath to move. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70164982/africa-drying-continent-split/

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