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Earlier research focused on the velocity of seismic waves, showing that wave speed slowed by about 2% upon arriving at the supercontinents.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
In the Cold War, Washington—twice burned by Eurasian conflagrations—opted to keep the supercontinent from combusting again.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The supercontinent began to break up around 180 million years ago and had a diverse climate across the huge land mass.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
After putting all that information together, the team came up with a likely location — an equatorial supercontinent known as Gondwana.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
In the Cold War, Washington—twice burned by Eurasian conflagrations—opted to keep the supercontinent from combusting again.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The supercontinent began to break up around 180 million years ago and had a diverse climate across the huge land mass.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
After putting all that information together, the team came up with a likely location — an equatorial supercontinent known as Gondwana.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Supercontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercontinent. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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