Pangaea Proxima - Wikipedia
Pangaea Proxima (also called Pangaea Ultima, Neopangaea, and Pangaea II) is a possible future supercontinent configuration. Consistent with the supercontinent cycle, Pangaea Proxima could form within the next 250 million years.
In 250 million years, this may be the only continent on Earth
May 28, 2018 · The process shrinks and widens oceans, uplifts mountain ranges, and rearranges landmasses. In about 250 million years a new supercontinent, Pangaea Proxima, will form.
The Next Pangea: What Earth’s Future Supercontinent Will …
Oct 25, 2020 · In 1982, American geologist Christopher Scotese posited Pangea Proxima — literally “the next Pangea.” (Scotese originally called his hypothesis Pangea Ultima, meaning "the final Pangea,” before, finally, hedging his bets.) From his study of the formation of previous supercontinents, Scotese imagines a ring-shaped landmass.
Earth’s Next Supercontinent Could Wipe Out Mammals in 250 ...
Sep 26, 2023 · Earth’s continents are drifting now, and they could merge back together in 250 million years, scientists predict. They’ve named the next supercontinent Pangea Ultima.
Will the Next Supercontinent Really Drive Mammals to ...
Oct 17, 2023 · According to a recent study published in Nature Geoscience, Pangaea Ultima’s rise will likely lead to a precipitous fall in biodiversity caused by scorching surface temperatures that could render...
How the next 'supercontinent' will form - BBC
If this spreading slowed or stopped, and if a new subducting plate boundary formed alongside the east coast of the Americas, you'd get a supercontinent called Pangaea Ultima, which looks like an...
In 250 million years, a single supercontinent will form ...
Oct 21, 2023 · A recent study published in Nature Geoscience uses supercomputer climate models to examine how a supercontinent, dubbed Pangea Ultima (also called Pangea Proxima), that will form 250 million...
Exploring the Climates of Earth’s Future Supercontinent with ...
Nov 30, 2021 · Scientists from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the University of Lisbon (Portugal), and Bangor University (United Kingdom) leveraged a NASA supercomputer to explore possible scenarios for Earth supercontinents and climate 200 and 250 million years into the future.