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Talk about the ultimate breakup.

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Europe and Africa have[br]been splitting apart

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from the American continents[br]for millions of years.

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At a rate of approximately[br]2.5 centimeters per year,

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the continents are[br]moving about as fast

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as our fingernails grow.

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And as they continue to[br]split, the rift between them,

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otherwise known as the Atlantic[br]Ocean, will get even wider.

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And all this drama is[br]leaving behind a major scar,

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an underwater valley called[br]the Mid-Atlantic Ridge,

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which tears more and more as the[br]continents slowly move apart.

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Looking back on the[br]continental relationship

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puts us a mere 300[br]million years ago

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when Africa, Europe,[br]the Americas,

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and all the other continents[br]were one big landmass.

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The famed[br]supercontinent, Pangea.

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Due to the constant churning[br]of magma underneath the Earth's

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crust, they all split up and[br]moved to their modern day

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positions.

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But if destiny in the form[br]of magma and tectonic plates

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has anything to say[br]about it, the continents

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might have a chance of[br]getting back together.

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But how will these stubborn[br]continents kiss and make up?

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Scientists believe[br]the plates will

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shift, causing the continents[br]to rearrange and get

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back together.

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But in true tectonic[br]plate style,

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it'll take about[br]250 million years.

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Our planet has a violent soul.

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Majestic and often destructive,[br]volcanic explosions

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rattle our collective[br]imagination.