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This is the true size of Africa (mstdn.social)

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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

geologically, an ocean is in the process of opening up in between

Hardly. Africa is converging with Europe and the Med is being crushed. It's only moving away from Arabia.

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe the oceanbuilding process between Africa and Asia stopped after I finished my MSc in Geoscience 10 years ago, but I doubt it.

It’s only moving away from Arabia.

Never said it would move away from anything else.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

stopped after I finished my MSc in Geoscience

This snarky argument from authority is redundant given that the facts are extremely easy to understand and outlined in the Wikipedia article I cited.

The biggest gap between Africa and Eurasia (PS; we agree that Europe is not a continent) is the Mediterranean sea, and it is getting smaller. That does seem relevant.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 17 hours ago

The Red Sea is what’s becoming an ocean, technically speaking.