Ancient Cataclysm Rearranged Pacific Map, Study says
By Jason Heller, October 25, 2007 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: National Geographic
A cataclysm 50 million years ago changed the face of the planet from the Hawaiian Islands to Antarctica, according to new research. The collapse of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean turned Australia into a warm and sunny continent instead of a snowbound wasteland and created some of the islands that dot the South Pacific today
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