Sheridan to Ask ScienceEnglish • edit-26 months agoIf life never emerged on Earth, would the continents still be more or less the same today? In other words, does life affect the formation and movement of continents significantly?message-square14arrow-up151arrow-down11
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareIf life never emerged on Earth, would the continents still be more or less the same today? In other words, does life affect the formation and movement of continents significantly?Sheridan to Ask ScienceEnglish • edit-26 months agomessage-square14
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoThe atmosphere sure changed a lot because of life, which might have had its effects on incoming solar radiation? Which might have changed the temperatures of some ocean currents/continental plates? I don’t think it would differ significantly
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoNevermind, a paper looking into if sediments might act as “lubricant” for subducting plates!
The atmosphere sure changed a lot because of life, which might have had its effects on incoming solar radiation? Which might have changed the temperatures of some ocean currents/continental plates? I don’t think it would differ significantly
Nevermind, a paper looking into if sediments might act as “lubricant” for subducting plates!