00:00Did you know that the Pacific Ocean is disappearing?
00:02Yes, the largest ocean on the planet is literally getting smaller and smaller every year.
00:07According to scientists, the Pacific Ocean is shrinking by 2 to 5 centimeters per year,
00:12and in the distant future, this could lead to its complete disappearance.
00:15But how is that possible?
00:17You see, the Earth's surface is made up of tectonic plates,
00:20and these plates are constantly moving in different directions.
00:23The area around the Pacific Ocean is especially active.
00:26It's called the Ring of Fire.
00:28This zone has 75% of all the Earth's active volcanoes and 80% of global earthquakes.
00:34It's all because the plates collide, and one slides under the other.
00:37This is exactly what's happening to the Pacific Plate.
00:40It's gradually sinking under the neighboring plates, and this process is known as subduction.
00:45Meanwhile, the Atlantic Ocean is doing the opposite.
00:48It's expanding as the plates are moving apart.
00:50The continents are drifting, and in hundreds of millions of years,
00:53a new supercontinent may form on Earth, Pangea Proxima.
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