March 16, 2021
A new animation illustrates how Antarctica was linked to its ancient neighbors – today’s Australia, India and South Africa – as part of the ancient Gondwana supercontinent.
An international team of scientists used magnetic satellite data together with data from aircraft to reveal how Antarctica was linked to its ancient neighbors – today’s Australia, India and South Africa – as part of the ancient Gondwana supercontinent. The team used their findings, published in the journal
Scientific Reports on March 9, 2021, to create an animation that pieces together, like a jigsaw puzzle, the way these large sections of Earth’s crust moved over millions of years.