PBS Eons: When The Atlantic Ripped Open A Supercontinent

There’s a new PBS Eons.  This one is about the breakup of Pangea and the formation of the Atlantic Ocean.

While the eruptions of the volcanoes along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge usually don’t trouble us, their birth was once responsible for ripping a supercontinent apart and creating the Atlantic Ocean that we know today.

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