Sheridan@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 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-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-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@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoDefinitely. The land would look like Mars except with oceans. But even tidal forces wouldn’t substantial change the shape of continents on the globe. There’s not much that effects plate tectonics. What happen would have always happened.
Definitely.
The land would look like Mars except with oceans.
But even tidal forces wouldn’t substantial change the shape of continents on the globe.
There’s not much that effects plate tectonics. What happen would have always happened.