Earth’s Tectonic Plates History in 40 Seconds
Geoscientists have released a video detailing one billion years of movement by the planet’s tectonic plates
By Chris Melore for StudyFinds Image: WikiImages at Pixabay
The study reveals Earth’s plates, and the land masses that sit on them, are in constant motion.
While the naked eye can’t spot it, study authors compare moving continents to rafts with evolving species that intermingle when these giant masses collide.
The model even reveals that chilly Antarctica once sat at the equator.
“For the first time a complete model of tectonics has been built, including all the boundaries,” adds Dr. Michael Tetley.
“On a human timescale, things move in centimeters per year, but as we can see from the animation, the continents have been everywhere in time.
