Shifting tectonic plates led to new continents—and will lead to Earth’s next great ocean. Underground changes right now are keeping the Red Sea at bay, and preventing floods in low-lying parts of Ethiopia. A rising plume of searing hot rocks is slowly forcing apart a swath of land along the Africa’s eastern coast.
It’s happening in North America, too. A diver (pictured above) in the relatively young—and growing—Gulf of California.
ART: CHARLES PREPPERNAU. SOURCE: C.R. SCOTESE, PALEOMAP PROJECT
The next world: This is a map of earth, 250 million years in the future, when only a vestige of the Atlantic remains. The planet’s landmasses will be joined together into a new super-continent. New high mountains mark the sites of massive collisions.Read more.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MELISSA FARLOW, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Adorable, but … On National Kitten Day, here’s a litter of feral kittens in the Florida Keys waiting to be spayed and neutered. Feral cats are responsible for killing millions of songbirds, reptiles, and mammals each year. Spay and neuter programs like this one can help keep the population under control, and a new birth control for cats won’t require surgery at all.
In a “complex little fishing village” … Archeologists uncovered 54 human burials, most accompanied with extra human limbs (like the two additional left legs buried alongside the adult body above). Dating back 3,500 years ago, a variety of grave goods, including ceramic vessels decorated with human faces and whimsical animal details, were also discovered. What does it mean?
A microscopic universe: In one drop of seawater, life is flourishing. You can find free-swimming fish larvae, crawling copepods, peculiar protists. The zooplankton above were photographed on a starry night on the Mediterranean Sea—the tiny creatures were making their way to the water’s surface to feed.
Today’s soundtrack: We’re Good, Dua Lipa Thanks for reading today’s newsletter! It was curated and edited by Jen Tse, Hannah Farrow, and David Beard. Want to let us know your thoughts? Send away: david.beard@natgeo.com. Happy trails!
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