Sleeping subduction zone could awaken and form a new 'Ring of Fire' that swallows the Atlantic Ocean

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A modeling study suggests a slumbering subduction zone below the Gibraltar Strait is active and could break into the Atlantic Ocean in 20 million years' time, giving birth to an Atlantic "Ring of Fire."

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[Mikey7a]

I am a layperson. Mostly, I love the articles on Live Science. Now that I'm retired, I find this stuff fascinating. One little complaint about your headline. I was genuinely nervous until I read 20 million years. Hey, it got my attention though, right?