Earth's next supercontinent

Plus: US’s most sophisticated aircraft carrier deployed to the Atlantic. Oct 04, 2022 [Blueprint]( What in the world is this? Well, since you ask, it’s a [map of the globe in 200-300 million years’ time](. Or rather, it’s an estimated map of the world, according to researchers at the New Curtin University in Australia. A supercomputer was used to determine what the world would look like when the next supercontinent is formed. And, according to its calculations, the answer is that it will be Amasia (which sounds a bit Twilight to me, for those of you who were in your teens when vampires were all the rage). It’s essentially a combination of present-day American and Asian continents, in case that wasn’t abundantly clear. But before you mull over how that would work, [take a look at this video]( which shows a bizarre “floating table”, held up by strings alone. As you do. Good morning. I’m Alice, an Editor at IE. This is The Blueprint. Let’s get started. 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It’s what will happen when Asia and America merge, and it’s apparently going to happen in around 200 to 300 million years’ time. We know this because researchers at the New Curtin University in Australia used a supercomputer to determine what the world will look like in the future. This happens over millions of years, because our planet is constantly undergoing a massive churn, deep below the Earth's surface. But this isn’t a one off, no, no. Over the past two billion years, the Earth's continents have collided to form a supercontinent many times. In what’s known as the supercontinent cycle, every 600 or so million years, it brings all the continents of the world together. Over 700 million years ago, the last supercontinent started breaking apart and shrinking the Panthalassa super ocean. That ocean that was at its largest when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and continues to shrink by a few centimeters a year today, although now it is known as the Pacific Ocean. → The ongoing supercontinent cycle means that over the course of the next 200-300 million years, the Pacific Ocean will shrink from its current expanse of thousands of miles and bring the continents of America and Asia together to form Amasia. [READ MORE [Arrow]]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Linkedin]( [INNOVATION]INNOVATION [Monday will see US’s most sophisticated aircraft carrier deployed to the Atlantic.]( The [newest and most technologically sophisticated]( aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy is to be deployed to the Atlantic region. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), along with the strike group including NATO allies, will sail from Norfolk, Virginia. [READ MORE [Arrow]]( And Other Stories in Innovation This [machete is controlled by a plant]( yielding a robot arm. 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