The world will be very different when this continent is formed.
Researchers at the New Curtin University in Australia used a supercomputer to determine what the world would look like when the next supercontinent is formed. According to their calculations, a new supercontinent of Amasia, a combination of present-day American and Asian continents, will be formed in 200 to 300 million years, aUnderneath the still exteriors, our planet is undergoing a massive churn that manifests itself over millions of years.
Now, researchers at the Earth Dynamics Research Group and the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences at New Curtin University have used a supercomputer to forecast what could be the likely effect of the movement of the giant tectonic plates.Over the past two billion years, the Earth's continents have collided to form a supercontinent on multiple occasions.
Yet the ongoing supercontinent cycle means that over the course of the next 200-300 million years, the Pacific Ocean will shrink from its current expanse of thousands of miles and bring the continents of America and Asia together to form Amasia.According to the calculations made by the researchers, the younger oceans, such as the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean, are unlikely to close in the next round of tectonic plate movements.
According to the researchers, the planet can be expected to be drastically different when the supercontinent is formed. Water levels in the seas are expected to be lower, with the interiors of the supercontinent turning into arid regions. The daily temperatures are also expected to have high ranges.Earth's known supercontinents are believed to have formed in vastly different ways, with two end members being introversion and extroversion.
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