A Fiery Ring of Volcanoes Could Threaten to Seal Off the Atlantic Ocean
Scientists are sounding alarms about a dramatic geological transformation unfolding beneath the Atlantic Ocean — a fiery ring of volcanoes growing more active that could eventually lead to the ocean’s closure. Recent research reveals that this volcanic activity, concentrated along the Atlantic margins, may reshape the ocean basin in ways previously thought to be millions of years away. This “ring of furious volcanoes,” as some have described it, is the result of tectonic plate movements combined with intense volcanic processes along the Atlantic’s periphery. Although the Atlantic Ocean is known for its expansive mid-ocean ridge, a divergent boundary where new