Tag: supercontinent

A vertebrate fossil discovered in a rock from the Late Triassic period (approximately 220 million years ago) in Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, has been confirmed through joint research by Okayama University of Science and other institutions...
Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey, along with their co‐authors, links two iconic...

In 250 million years, a single supercontinent will form, wiping out nearly all mammals: Modeling study

A recent study published in Nature Geoscience uses supercomputer climate models to examine how a supercontinent, dubbed Pangea Ultima (also called Pangea Proxima), that...

How the next ‘supercontinent’ will form

It might seem that the world's landmasses are fixed, but as Richard Fisher discovers, there are major changes coming. Nearly 500 years ago, the Flemish...

Pacific Ocean set to make way for world’s next supercontinent

New Curtin University-led research has found that the world's next supercontinent, Amasia, will most likely form when the Pacific Ocean closes in 200 to...

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