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> The latter two points might turn out to be extremely rare events. Are those events that crucial for life?
by raducu 3y ago
> The latter two points might turn out to be extremely rare events.
Are those events that crucial for life?
- jacquesm 3y agoNo, but they are crucial for the shift from sea to land.
- lumost 3y agowithout the moon, earth would likely have become a tectonically dead world a few billion years ago.
- devb 3y agoWhy? Something to do with tidal influence on the core?
- raducu 3y agoI'd also like to know. I supposed there must have been a lot of heat from the initial impact, tides must also happen inside the Earth, but I wonder how different the Earth would have looked like techtonically without the Moon? No plate tectonics? So perhaps resurfacing event(s) like on Venus?
- jacquesm 3y agoI suspect this is what the GGP was getting at: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-moon-our-silent-guardian https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-moon-our-s...