Dr. Anjana Khatwa

Limestone is important.

Why?

Because it's a raw material for cement production and the construction industry.

I think the other thing to mention here is the loss of humanity and knowledge and wisdom.

particularly in North America where we have so many First Nations people who have provided guidance and wisdom, thousands of years that guides us into a more sustainable future.

I actually feel that in my heart at this moment when I'm waking up on that morning and North America's disappeared.

I think that's the first thing I'm going to feel.

It's that loss of humanity.

Yeah, I think I've got a few more white hairs since that day.

I think what's happening is that Pacific Plate is now migrating and it's moving towards what we call the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

And I'm hypothesising this in my mind.

We're going to be experiencing more seismic activity because this very juvenile piece of crust is being shifted and jostled by the Pacific Plate that is gradually moving westwards.

It's going to be a daily occurrence.

Completely, because the Gulf Stream is influenced by the topography of the North American continent, by the boundary of the coast itself channeling the Gulf Stream down to warmer climates where Miami is and then rising up again.

So the ocean circulation system is going to change.

We'd be plunged into arctic conditions in Europe.

I think Africa would perhaps experience wetter weather where we will be in the grip of quite a Siberian winter.

There's also that prospect of marine life when we look at krill and plankton that do survive in those warmer waters.

I wonder how that's going to affect the livelihoods of people.

I think when we look at the formation of new volcanic islands like Surtsey off the coast of Ireland, where we get submarine eruptions, and we're going to get a lot of submarine eruptions in this new era.