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    From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 26 05:52:25 2023
    "The formation of the next “supercontinent” on Earth could wipe out most mammals, including humans and cause our planet, as we know it, to become uninhabitable. But there are still around 250 million years left for this to possibly happen, according
    to a study published in Nature Geoscience on Monday (September 25). "

    You can't start preparations for something like this too soon!

    https://www.wionews.com/science/next-supercontinent-formation-could-wipe-out-humans-make-earth-uninhabitable-study-639581

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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Tue Sep 26 06:13:37 2023
    On Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 10:52:31 PM UTC+10, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    "The formation of the next “supercontinent” on Earth could wipe out most mammals, including humans and cause our planet, as we know it, to become uninhabitable. But there are still around 250 million years left for this to possibly happen,
    according to a study published in Nature Geoscience on Monday (September 25). "

    You can't start preparations for something like this too soon!

    https://www.wionews.com/science/next-supercontinent-formation-could-wipe-out-humans-make-earth-uninhabitable-study-639581

    The average vertebrate species lasts about ten million years, so our descendants should have time to evolve into a bunch of newer and hopefully more resilient species.

    Or we could work out how to get the continents to drift to where we want them to go. A bit of heat transfer across the mantle should do the trick. Magna pluming anybody?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_and_igneous_plumbing_systems

    --
    Bil Sloman, Sydney

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  • From Phil Hobbs@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Fri Sep 29 20:50:24 2023
    On 2023-09-26 08:52, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    "The formation of the next “supercontinent” on Earth could wipe out most mammals, including humans and cause our planet, as we know it, to become uninhabitable. But there are still around 250 million years left for this to possibly happen,
    according to a study published in Nature Geoscience on Monday (September 25)."

    You can't start preparations for something like this too soon!

    https://www.wionews.com/science/next-supercontinent-formation-could-wipe-out-humans-make-earth-uninhabitable-study-639581


    I'm encouraged that you're now worrying that far out--life on Earth may
    survive past next Whitsun after all. ;)

    Fortunately, before the supercontinent has a chance to do what this item suggests, there are 250e6 * 365.25 ~= 90 billion
    news cycles for it to disappear into.

    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to Phil Hobbs on Fri Sep 29 18:08:45 2023
    On Friday, September 29, 2023 at 8:50:44 PM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote:
    On 2023-09-26 08:52, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    "The formation of the next “supercontinent” on Earth could wipe out most mammals, including humans and cause our planet, as we know it, to become uninhabitable. But there are still around 250 million years left for this to possibly happen,
    according to a study published in Nature Geoscience on Monday (September 25)."

    You can't start preparations for something like this too soon!

    https://www.wionews.com/science/next-supercontinent-formation-could-wipe-out-humans-make-earth-uninhabitable-study-639581

    I'm encouraged that you're now worrying that far out--life on Earth may survive past next Whitsun after all. ;)

    Fortunately, before the supercontinent has a chance to do what this item suggests, there are 250e6 * 365.25 ~= 90 billion
    news cycles for it to disappear into.

    Hasn't the sun been fine with that for over 4 billion years now? It will probably last for billions more. The 250 million years is nothing.


    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

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