Imagine Earth with an even 50/50 split between continents and oceans. Our planet covered half by land half by water. How would this change the planet as you know it?

Here’s how it works. Earth's mantle is split by the Pacific Ring of Fire, an ancient schism that reflects the creation and destruction of the supercontinent Pangaea, a new study finds.

A recent study has unveiled that Earth's mantle is divided into two distinct ... global locations and time periods, confirming the split between the African and Pacific mantle domains.

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