Scientists have figured out what the Earth will look like in 250 million years. It turns out that soon there will be a mega-continent on the planet, which has already been called Amazia.
This name was formed from its components: North and South America and Asia will unite in Amasia. The Arctic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea will disappear, or rather they will be squeezed by the newly formed continent. The continents, which will soon become one whole, now form the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire".
To test the validity of their theory, scientists examined records of the Earth's magnetic field, which were preserved in the rocks of the planet. This helped scientists find out the variations in the Earth's rotation around its axis. The continental regrouping is caused by changes in the planet's mass. Thus, the Earth is trying to restore rotational balance, but this is a very long process and can last for millions of years.
The earth is made up of 15 tectonic plates. They formed the landscape that we see outside the window today. Earthquakes, as a rule, occur at the junction of plates, where one edge is most often higher than the other, but in the center of the plate, this natural phenomenon occurs extremely rarely. As a result of earthquakes, the once united continent of Pangea split into seven parts. It turns out that Pangea is not the first supercontinent. He is the third or even the fourth in the history of the planet. His predecessors were called Rodinia and Nuna.
Daria Svetozarova