It’s REALLY Happening! The Australian Continent Is Drifting Towards Asia

It’s REALLY Happening! The Australian Continent Is Drifting Towards Asia
Driven by plate tectonics, continents shift, collide, and reshape the world’s geography in slow but unstoppable ways. Among the most dramatic of these journeys is that of Australia, a continent drifting northward at one of the fastest rates on Earth. Inch by inch, year by year, Australia creeps closer to Asia, closing a geological gap that has defined its isolation for tens of millions of years. To the casual observer, this slow-motion collision seems irrelevant—after all, a few centimeters a year hardly sounds like a threat. Yet in the language of geology, such speed is astonishing, and its consequences are nothing short of cataclysmic, setting the stage for a future of massive geological upheaval.

Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:39 A Continent in Motion
2:38 The Collision Frontiers
4:22 Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
5:30 Australia’s Geological Past
6:34 The Future: Australia Meets Asia
7:45 Supercontinent Amasia
8:43 Consequences
10:18 Future Outlook

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