New Study Finds Oceans Arrived Early to Earth | #Geology #GeologyPage Earth is known as the Blue Planet because of its oceans, which cover more than 70 percent of the planets surface and are home to the worlds greatest diversity of life. While water is essential for life on the planet, the answers to two key questions have eluded us: where did Earths water come from and when? While some hypothesize that water came late to Earth, well after the planet had formed, findings from a new study led by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) significantly move back the clock for the first evidence of water on Earth and in the inner solar system. Read more : geologypage/2014/11/new-study-finds-oceans-arrived-early-to.html Geology Page geologypage
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 18:00:01 +0000
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