What Will Continents Look Like in the Future?

It’s been 250 million years since the supercontinent Pangea, but the tectonic plates that formed it are still very much active. Could entire continents be splitting in half?

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What Will Earth Look Like 100 Million Years From Now?
https://www.iflscience.com/space/what-will-earth-look-100-million-years-now/
“Embedded into Earth's independently moving tectonic plates, continents have shifted and collided for many millions of years. The supercontinent of Pangea existed until 200 million years ago, when it began to rip itself apart into the arrangement we observe today. But this is by no means their final resting place.”

Africa Splitting Is Just The Beginning, Earth's Undergoing Massive Changes
https://www.sciencealert.com/recent-geological-discoveries-changing-face-of-planet-earth
“Compared to our knowledge of other rocky worlds in our Solar System, our planet is an incredibly dynamic one. Water in its various states weathers, erodes, and builds anew. Beneath our feet a slowly churning mantle grinds and spews rock.”

History of life on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/history_of_the_earth
“The Earth is a little over 4.5 billion years old, its oldest materials being 4.3 billion-year-old zircon crystals. Its earliest times were geologically violent, and it suffered constant bombardment from meteorites. When this ended, the Earth cooled and its surface solidified to a crust - the first solid rocks.”

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