Predicting North America's Geography 100 Million Years Hence
Long‑term geological forecasting is highly uncertain, but plausible scenarios include:
- Continued westward drift from plate tectonics.
- Sea‑level fluctuations altering coastlines (rise from melting ice, fall from circulation changes).
- Mountain building and erosion reshaping topography and climate patterns.
- Climate‑change impacts shifting vegetation zones, habitats, agriculture.
- Biodiversity turnover with extinctions and new adaptations.
Actual outcomes depend on unpredictable geological, climatic, and biological processes.