Pangea

A mega-continent has been discovered that slid beneath Europe hundreds of millions of years ago. While today we experience extreme weather patterns and the effects of the changing climate there has never been a safer time to live on planet Earth. 140 million years ago a supercontinent called Greater Adria slid beneath the landmass that is today southern Europe and researchers have now visually recreated the lost continent. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"64798","attributes":{"alt":"The ancient continent Greater Adria as it existed 140 million years ago, before sliding beneath what is now southern Europe. The darker green areas depict the land above the water and the lighter green, the land below. Source: Douwe van Hinsbergen.","class":"media-image","height":"344","style":"width: 610px; height: 344px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] The ancient continent Greater Adria as it existed