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In a recent study scientists have raised concerns about the future of the Atlantic Ocean. A modelling study indicates that the dormant subduction zone beneath the Gibraltar Strait is active and has the potential to breach into the Atlantic Ocean making it into a 'Ring of Fire'.
Recent research employing computational simulations predicts that the subduction zone presently beneath the Strait of Gibraltar will extend further into the Atlantic, playing a key role in the development of an Atlantic subduction system – essentially an Atlantic ring of fire. In geological timefram
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In a geological timescale, the Atlantic Ocean could “close soon” starting about 20 million years from now, according to scientists. Click to read more.
A new modelling study suggests that in about 20 million years – soon, in geological terms – the Atlantic will begin to shrink.
A subduction zone near Gibraltar may move into the Atlantic, creating an "Atlantic ring of fire" before the ocean begins to close.