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• pacmondo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I thought they were referring to the fact that under the ice its an archipelago, so if the ice melts it will have southern coasts again

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Valid point. It’s a shame humanity won’t be around to confirm. lol

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  • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If it melts, they’d all be northern coasts.

    It’s referencing the pole swap.

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    • TheLorax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Since it’s an archipelago underneath then most, if not all, of those islands would have a southern coast. The only way to not have a southern coast is to have the landmass directly on top of the pole, which could only happen for one island (if no ice is present)

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• fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  the continental plate also migrates

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    At the rate of 1cm/yr

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    • fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        To move a continent north of the equator at the rate of 1 CM per year? You might need a bigger napkin.

        Antarctica’s leading coast is 10,000 KM from the equator. Assuming it’s able to continue through Southern Africa at the same rate, it would take 100 billion years to have a northern coast.

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• veroxii@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was referring to continental drift. Places move a lot in under 200 million years. Eg youtu.be/uLahVJNnoZ4

  So my post was a bit sarcastic that eventually it will have a coast but not on any time frame to matter to the human species. :)

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Laschamp event! I just edited a related wiki page.

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• swab148@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just flip it over lol

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