First continents formed with a dash of mantle water
New research cracks the mystery of how the first continents formed.
Karijini National Park, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Credit: TED MEAD / Getty Images
Earth is an amazing planet. As far as we know, it’s the only planet in the universe where life exists. It’s also the only planet known to have continents: the land masses on which we live and which host the minerals needed to support our complex lives.
Experts still vigorously debate how the continents formed. We do know water was an essential ingredient for this and many geologists have proposed this water would have come from Earth’s surface via subduction zones (as is the case now).
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