Scientists claim the shrinking Pacific Ocean will lead to the formation of a new supercontinent 'Amasia'

The world's biggest ocean is also its most doomed one. Now, scientists are worried and they are blaming the tectonic plates for it all. The Pacific Ocean, which is the largest single feature on the surface of the Earth is slowly getting smaller and the irony of it all is as surprising as shocking.Diving into the PacificAccording to NOAA Ocean Exploration, the Pacific covers more than 155 million square kilometres, roughly 60 million square miles. The total land area of every continent and island on the planet only comes to about 149 million square kilometres. Thus, the Pacific, on its own, is larger than all of that with more room left over. It covers about a third of the Earth's surface and holds roughly half of all the water in the world's oceans. The Atlantic, which most picture as this vast water body, only contains half as much water as the Pacific does.About 200 to 250 million years ago, when the supercontinent Pangaea broke apart, leading to a break in the ancient super ocean Panthalassa, the Pacific Ocean was formed. As tectonic plates moved the land apart, the Atlantic Ocean opened up and the giant Panthalassa shrank into what we now call the Pacific Ocean.Why the Pacific ...