A new study used a supercomputer to simulate how supercontinents form and showed that in less than 300 million years, unlike what previous scientific theories say, it will be the Pacific Ocean to close as America collides with Asia. The resulting new supercontinent has already been named Amasia.

FOOTAGE: Curtin University School of Earth and Planetary Sciences; Mozaik; Envato Elements
COVER ART: C.Huang, Z.Li, N.Zhang / Curtin U.; Envato Elements
BACKGROUND: Tomislav Jakupec / Pixabay
MUSIC: Coma-media / Pixabay

STUDY:
Chuan Huang, Zheng-Xiang Li, Nan Zhang
“Will Earth's next supercontinent assemble through the closure of the Pacific Ocean?”
National Science Review (2022)
https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-...

STORY:
Curtin University
https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-rele...