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Geologists find fault system that could be first signs of future supercontinent
- arethuza 13y agoThere was a rough precursor to the Atlantic - the Iapetus Ocean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_Ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_Ocean Scotland and England were on different sides of this ancient ocean...
- contingencies 13y agoFascinating. I have this visual of two strains of bacteria, long segregated, fighting over recently conjoined petri dishes...
- ovis 13y agoThe alternative hypothesis is that the Pacific Ocean will continue to shrink, and the next supercontinent will form when the Americas join Asia.
- ChuckMcM 13y agoQuick, buy up land on the bottom of the Atlantic! Seriously though its pretty cool to think about the continents moving around, and yes that will cause all sorts of problems (and new opportunities).