Pannotia occupies an awkward position in Earth science. It is described in textbooks and review papers, yet its outline ...

The formation of a new “supercontinent” could wipe out humans and all other mammals still alive in 250 million years, researchers have predicted. Using the first-ever supercomputer climate models of ...

Before Pangea, Earth may have been dominated by a supercontinent called Pannotia. Once considered a key piece in the puzzle ...

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It's a creeping movement, but a momentous one. Some 200 million years ago, a single, extraordinary supercontinent called Pangea dominated Earth. Ultimately, landmasses ruptured and pulled apart, ...

The “Boring Billion” is an informal description of a billion-year-period of Earth history (1.8 billion to 800 million years ago) where tectonics, climate, and biological evolution remained ...

All mammals on Earth could be wiped out in 250 million years due to a volcanic supercontinent named Pangea Ultima, according to a new study. The study, published in Nature Geoscience, predicts that in ...

A giant prehistoric fish from an ancient supercontinent has been discovered underneath a rural road in South Africa. The fossil was excavated from a roadside near Waterloo Farm in the south of ...

This is how the western hemisphere of the Earth may have appeared 200 million years ago, with the supercontinent of Pangea stretching from pole to pole. New Curtin University-led research has found ...

The formation of a new "supercontinent" could wipe out humans and all other mammals still alive in 250 million years, researchers have predicted. Using the first-ever supercomputer climate models of ...

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