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Mammals may be driven to extinction by volcanic new supercontinent Pangaea Ultima

The next supercontinent, Pangea Ultima, is likely to get so hot so quickly that mammals cannot adapt, a new supercomputer simulation has forecast.

Mammals will most likely be wiped from the face of the Earth by our planet's next supercontinent, a new study has revealed.

By modeling the heat tolerance of mammals alongside Earth's climatic conditions 250 million years into the future, scientists have discovered that the formation of the most probable next supercontinent — called Pangaea Ultima — will bring about the likely extinction of our animal order.

The researchers made the prediction using a climate model that factored in the changes to land surface temperature of a new supercontinent; alongside increases to the intensity of the sun's radiation and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The study was published Sept. 25 in the journal Nature Geoscience.

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Originally Posted by Fansy the Famous Bard:
Doubt the ability of humanity to procreate past catastrophic events. We'll f*** our way through this one too.

By then the planet will all be gay or trans. We’ll weed ourselves out!!
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Originally Posted by Indian Chief:
Christ, can't we just have fun without bringing politics up all the time?

Yeah, I started to post this thread in D.C. but thought just maybe we could avoid the politics and have some fun with it.
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Originally Posted by KC_Lee:
And only 5 billion years until the sun goes supernova, plan now.

Well-not supernova like Betleguese.

But expand out to almost jupiter wiping everything out in its space.

The sun is not dense and big enough to supernova.
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Originally Posted by displacedinMN:
Well-not supernova like Betleguese.

But expand out to almost jupiter wiping everything out in its space.

The sun is not dense and big enough to supernova.

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I know how to fix it. Just evacuate all the people plants and animals from the planet then spin the Earth really fast for a few years. Slow it back down. Wait a bit. Centrifugal force has separated the continents. Re-populate new planet. Bonus, for less sun move the Earths orbit out a bit.
Might need a computer model for the variables. Use IPhone 15 or newer.
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Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo:
I know how to fix it. Just evacuate all the people plants and animals from the planet then spin the Earth really fast for a few years. Slow it back down. Wait a bit. Centrifugal force has separated the continents. Re-populate new planet. Bonus, for less sun move the Earths orbit out a bit.
Might need a computer model for the variables. Use IPhone 15 or newer.

Uhhh....the earth is flat and stationary.
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