UM-Bot Posted March 2, 2020 #1 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Scientists now believe that the entire planet was covered in water and devoid of continents in the distant past. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/335116/earth-was-a-water-world-3-billion-years-ago 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted March 2, 2020 #2 Share Posted March 2, 2020 The whole planet was probably covered in a shallow ocean pre-plate tectonics. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted March 2, 2020 #3 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) We should have stayed an ocean world. *starts singing* Under the Sea...Under the Sea... There's no accusations, just friendly crustaceans Under the Seaaaaaaaa Edited March 2, 2020 by Orphalesion 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted March 3, 2020 #4 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Just curious: what happened with all that water? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplybill Posted March 3, 2020 #5 Share Posted March 3, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, qxcontinuum said: Just curious: what happened with all that water? I remember a discussion about this a few years ago: “The water is locked up in a mineral called ringwoodite about 660km (400 miles) beneath the crust of the Earth, researchers say. Geophysicist Steve Jacobsen from Northwestern University in the US co-authored the study published in the journal Science and said the discovery suggested Earth’s water may have come from within, driven to the surface by geological activity, rather than being deposited by icy comets hitting the forming planet as held by the prevailing theories.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/13/earth-may-have-underground-ocean-three-times-that-on-surface Edited March 3, 2020 by simplybill 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Festina Posted March 3, 2020 #6 Share Posted March 3, 2020 (edited) On 3/2/2020 at 3:31 PM, Tuco's Gas said: Hmm...this explains why tiny seashells keep clogging up my sprinkler system, even though I live in the middle of Texas. I hear Texas is great for fossil hunting— was told to bring a gun, rattlers everywhere. Found many seashell fossils behind my house as a kid in NJ. Didn’t have to dig for them, they were on the surface and they were abundant. The Water of LIFE. Edited March 3, 2020 by Festina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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