Scientists are warning nations to end all major warfare before tectonic forces “cause plates to shift, moving whole continents”. Jefferson Scotland, of the Texas Geological Institute, says countries only have to refrain from fighting for a short time: “For two years. That will give the plates time to lock-in,” he says. “Or else we could see what has happened in the past: Italy breaking away from Africa and pushing up against southern Europe to form the Alps; India pushing southern Asia to form an even bigger mountain chain: the Himalayas; and North America and South America moving westward, causing the Rockies and the Andes. That will change climates, drastically. It’s needless to say it will destroy ecosystems, animal life, countries and cities. Oh. And people, too.”
No fighting for two years. That’s not too much to ask…
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