Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The newly emerged supercontinent would effectively create a triple whammy, comprising the continentality effect, hotter sun and more CO …
Humans will go extinct on Earth in 250 million years – but that's if we were to stop burning fossil fuels right now, a bleak new study reveals. In 250 million years' time, all of Earth’s continents will have moved together to form a supercontinent known as Pangea Ultima, according to the researchers. Image shows the geography of today’s Earth …
There is nothing quite like a diamond. In new research published in Nature Communications, we answer some of these questions by studying the world’s largest diamond deposit, Argyle in Western Australia, the source of more than 90% of pink diamonds. We found that at Argyle, diamonds crystallised deep in Earth’s interior were brought to the surface when a supercontinent, Nuna, …
Over the next 200 to 300 million years – as the Pacific Ocean shrinks – Asia will collide with the Americas to form a new landmass – a supercontinent that scientists have dubbed 'Amasia'. "Over the past two billion years, Earth's continents have collided together to form a supercontinent every 600 million years, known as the supercontinent cycle. This means …
