just_another_person@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 2 months agoStunning Video Shows How Much Earth Has Changed in 1.8 Billion Yearswww.sciencealert.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhat’s the confusion? Maybe I can help. Did you realize it was working backwards?
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOhhhhh yes that’s it. It was also so much more movement than I was expecting! I was expecting us to go from pangea glob to continents and then some shifty shifty but man those tectonics were BUSY.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoLots and lots of convection in that mantle.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe working backwards was interesting, but also fascinating how the ratio of land to sea was so much different at the start.
What’s the confusion? Maybe I can help.
Did you realize it was working backwards?
Ohhhhh yes that’s it. It was also so much more movement than I was expecting! I was expecting us to go from pangea glob to continents and then some shifty shifty but man those tectonics were BUSY.
Lots and lots of convection in that mantle.
The working backwards was interesting, but also fascinating how the ratio of land to sea was so much different at the start.