NEXT SUPERCONTINENT: SOLVING THE PUZZLE OF A FUTURE PANGEA

These "supercontinents" from Earth's past provide evidence that land repeatedly joins and separates. While scientists debate what that next supercontinent will look like--and what to name it--they all agree: one is coming. In this engaging work, geophysicist Ross Mitchell invites readers to remote and sometimes treacherous lands for evidence of past supercontinents, delves into the phenomena that will birth the next, and presents the case for the future supercontinent of Amasia, defined by the merging of North America and Asia. Introducing readers to plate tectonic theory through fieldwork adventures and accessible scientific descriptions, Mitchell considers flows deep in the Earth's mantle to explain Amasia's future formation and shows how this developing theory can illuminate other planetary mysteries. He then poses the inevitable question