What will the world look like in 250 million years?

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[noahmay]

I like to imagine that you were visiting India for unrelated reasons years ago and decide to take the opportunity to say "Here, in India" in the case that you ever needed a clip related to India.

[wibbers]

Unfinished London will still not be finished.

[icehawk]

The part where they subtly but abruptly turned into weathermen is absolutely gold

[thehucklebillyfenn]

The map of the future supercontinent has an uncanny resemblance to Tamriel from the Elder Scrolls universe if you just got rid of all the major islands.

[SmoothOperator]

Imagine explaining to the government why Mark needs to go to India to say 3 words.

[jemzomaclain]

my guy went to india just to film himself saying "here in india"

[deividasverbickas]

0:46 for those who are wondering it said

Well, it's a combination of that and the fact the having access to the sea is really important for a country to thrive and not be conquered by its neighbours, so any territory that finds itself double-landlocked probably won't last as an independent country for ling. Anyway, don't worry about that, the point still stands about the way the world's landmass is spread out.

[sander_bouwhuis]

I love the deadpan humoristic exchanges between the two of you. Learning things in a pleasant package certainly helps!

[thesung]

“180 Million years ago, before the Second and First World War, the world looked like this” I mean, that is correct.

[ash]

Tom Scott and Map Men on the same day right after each other? Nice

[TheoHiggins]

3:00 according to one of my Geology lecturers, continental drift isn't caused by convection currents, and scientists have never thought it was. It just ended up in the textbooks somehow and became common knowledge. The real mechanism by which continents move are a combination of "ridge push" and "slab pull", which is essentially old plate dragging the rest along, while newly formed plate is pushed away from where it formed

[PeterGaunt]

I said to the primary school teacher who I had for two years over 60 years ago that it looked like South America fitted into Africa and he told me about the moving continents. At the time it was still contentious but I only found that out later. My guess is that he read the New Scientist. Wonderful teacher (except when it came to PE).

[pancharder]

I like how their eyebrows get increasingly bigger during the bit where they explain where the continents may move to

[bpgxqto]

“Here in Australia”
*British houses and blizzard outside*

[kloii]

I love your videos so much! You put so much effort in to them and it's very much noticed and appreciated. Please keep them coming!

[tonyg]

How did it take so long and for a genius to figure the continents fit together like puzzle pieces. I distinctly remember noticing that in Kindergarten when I first saw the world map.

[jessebruner]

"rocks alone weren't solid enough." Gotta love British humor

[NimhLabs]

"Several years later while he was still dead"

Is one of the predictions for 250 Million Years Later involving him coming back to life?

[tiyenin]

3:04
You think that you can get away with a Jamiroquai reference without me noticing?!

[GKDXlive]

The ancient tree genus Araucaria is found in South America and Australasia. When the two regions were part of a single landmass.