Dr Chuan Huang, the study's lead author, explained: “Earth’s continents have formed supercontinents multiple times in its history, and the next one is likely to emerge as the Pacific Ocean closes.

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They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

An astonishing 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water, with oceans holding about 96.5 percent of the planet's supply. The world's major seas number five, and include the Pacific ...