Scientist Says, Asia And North America Will Come Together To Form ‘The Next Supercontinent’

Geophysicist Ross Mitchell has recently launched his latest book – “The Next Supercontinent” in which he has discussed the past as well as the future of geography. He has explained the future face of planet Earth. The book said that all the great part of the planet are going to combine into one. During this course of explanation, the author comes to the future of the planet that is Amasia – Asia And North America.

What could be Amasia

As explained in the book, Mitchell predicts “Amasia” as the next supercontinent. Mitchell contends that Amasia will arise through the loss of the Arctic Ocean, in contrast to some ideas that indicate it might form from the shutting of the Pacific or Atlantic oceans.

He predicted that when North America and Asia join, Amasia will result. However, none of us will live long enough to discover whether Mitchell’s prophecies about Amasia are true. It will be something that future generations will learn about.

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How can Asia And North America come together

Investigating carefully is necessary to comprehend the movements of the continents. By collecting samples in the outdoors, researchers can determine the rock’s age and the latitude at which it developed. The behaviour of the “solid but pliable” mantle is related to the formation and dissolution of supercontinents. The mantle, which lies between the crust and the core of the planet, serves as a heat reservoir.

According to the book, when the mantle’s temperature rises, continents shift. The continents migrate to the region of the mantle that is relatively cooler than other regions. That is how continents collide, bringing about the creation of a new supercontinent. The mantle beneath that enormous continent eventually begins to split apart as heat builds up, resulting in the formation of new oceans and beginning a new cycle. And this is how Amasia might be formed.

Brief History of the Green Planet

Mitchell takes the readers on a historical tour of how the continents came together to form supercontinents in the distant past. Around 300 to 200 million years ago, Pangaea—a lush, dinosaur-filled globe centred on modern-day Africa—began.

As we move further back, we come across Rodinia, a barren landmass that covered a large portion of what is now North America and Greenland, a billion years ago. Then, as some scientists theorise, there was Columbia, the first supercontinent centred on Siberia.