The continents are moving. When will they collide?

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Jean Baptiste Koehl |

TED-Ed

• March 2023

In the early 20th century, Alfred Wegener's theory of Continental Drift laid the foundation for our modern theory of plate tectonics. And today we know something even more exciting: Pangea was only the latest in a long lineage of supercontinents, and it won't be the last. Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl explores when the next supercontinent will emerge — and what it might mean for Earth's environment. [Directed by Iuri Araujo, Província Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].