The Atlantic Ocean will be much larger 50 million years from now and the
Pacific Ocean will be much smaller. North and South America will have moved
farther west (California moving north) while Greenland will be located
farther west but also farther north. The western part of Africa will rotate
clockwise and crash into Europe causing great mountain building, while the
far eastern region of Africa will rotate eastward toward the Arabian
peninsula. Australia will move farther north into the tropics, while New
Zealand will move to the south of Australia.
All of these predictions are just that, predictions. These movements of
the continents may happen if the plates continue to move in the same
direction and with the same speed as they are moving today. Scientists are
not certain of the movement today, let alone 50 million years into the
future.
What do you think the world will look like in 50 million years???
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