When The Atlantic Ripped Open A Supercontinent
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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.
 
Correction: 2:28 A change of 100˚C = a change of 180˚F
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