article_snippet.sent: The earthquake disaster in Nepal has highlighted how Earth's land masses are already in the process of forming a new supercontinent.
article_snippet.sent: Earth's continents are slowly moving together (left), and in 50 to 200 million years Earth's continents are expected to form a new supercontinent called Amasia (right).
article_snippet.sent: The idea that Earth is set to form a new supercontinent - dubbed Amasia - is not new.
article_snippet.sent: The idea that Earth is set to form a new supercontinent - dubbed Amasia - is not new.
article_snippet.sent: Where exactly a new supercontinent called Amasia (right) will form, however, has been the cause of some debate.
article_snippet.sent: It would take at least tens of millions more years - perhaps several hundred million years - before the new supercontinent is fully formed,’ Dr Li told the SMH.
article_snippet.sent: Where exactly this supercontinent will form, however, has been the cause of some debate.
highlights_snippet.sent: Within 200 million years, Peter Spinks said the new supercontinent will form .
  