What is Amasya, the giant continent that can form in the Pacific Ocean

In a study published on September 28, 2022 in Scientific Journal National Science Review A team of researchers from Curtin University in Australia And that Beijing in China He revealed what the Earth will look like in 300 million years. Forget, Europe, Asia, the Atlantic or the Pacific, the surface of the globe will not have the same face. The continents we know should unite to form a supercontinent: Amasya.

Amasya ‘will be born when the Pacific Ocean disappears’

“Over the past two billion years, the Earth’s continents have collided to form a supercontinent every 600 million years, known as the supercontinent cycle. This means that the current continents will unite again within a few hundred million years.”Tell CNN American Channel Geophysicist and University Professor Chuan Huang, lead author of the study.

“A new great continent will be born when the Pacific disappears, when America collides with Asia. Australia will also play a role in this planetary event, first colliding with Asia, and then connecting America and Asia once the Pacific is closed.”University adds.

Amasya appeared about 300 million years ago. © Map: Koren University

A natural process whose next recurrence is expected within 200 to 300 million years, according to experts. But how did scientists come to this conclusion? To model the new supercontinent, researchers have prepared themselves “A computer capable of carrying out 4D geodynamic modeling taking into account many parameters, such as the thickness and strength of the lithosphere over time, and the influence of regions considered to have low seismic wave velocities”mentions the specialized site Futura Science.

What is the supercontinent?

A supercontinent is a single land mass consisting of all or most of the continental lithosphere (the outermost layer of the Earth, 100-200 km thick). This phenomenon occurs every 600 million years.

Earth’s tectonic plates move through the Earth’s mantle, greatly changing its appearance. An essential activity of the Earth to expel its internal heat says the magazine geo .

The last known supercontinent is Pangea. It was formed nearly 300 million years ago. This giant continent crashed “Between 170 and 180 million years ago, when dinosaurs populated the Earth”shaded CNN.

What is the climate in the giant subcontinent?

According to scientists, the newly formed supercontinent will reduce biodiversity. “The Earth as we know it will be radically different when Amasia forms. Sea levels are expected to fall, and the vast interior of the supercontinent will be extremely arid, with rising daily temperatures.”came in National Science Review Study co-authored by Zheng-Xiang Li.