Rocks found in Western Australia indicate that sections of the Earth’s crust were already undergoing shifts long before the first continents emerged. These early movements played a significant role in the formation of continents, oceans, and the environment conducive to life, something unique to our planet among those in our solar system, which also helps us understand how other planets like Mars and Venus evolve.
Tushe on
I find that very difficult to believe, and prove.
ShadowBracken on
It’s the only planet we know of. Not ‘The Only Planet’.
BackItUpWithLinks on
> How unique is Earth? It’s the only planet **in our solar system** with active plate tectonics, and new evidence shows it started 3.5 billion years ago
FTFY
GMAN7007 on
From what we can observe it’s unique. That being said with how many galaxies and planets there are I doubt it’s unique at all. There could be billions of planets that are near identical to earth with how many planets are in the observable universe. Now think about all of the planets we can’t see.
Nulovka on
Doesn’t Io have plate tectonics? It has lots of volcanoes.
danathome on
It’s so unique that it’s the only planet we know about with life.
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Rocks found in Western Australia indicate that sections of the Earth’s crust were already undergoing shifts long before the first continents emerged. These early movements played a significant role in the formation of continents, oceans, and the environment conducive to life, something unique to our planet among those in our solar system, which also helps us understand how other planets like Mars and Venus evolve.
I find that very difficult to believe, and prove.
It’s the only planet we know of. Not ‘The Only Planet’.
> How unique is Earth? It’s the only planet **in our solar system** with active plate tectonics, and new evidence shows it started 3.5 billion years ago
FTFY
From what we can observe it’s unique. That being said with how many galaxies and planets there are I doubt it’s unique at all. There could be billions of planets that are near identical to earth with how many planets are in the observable universe. Now think about all of the planets we can’t see.
Doesn’t Io have plate tectonics? It has lots of volcanoes.
It’s so unique that it’s the only planet we know about with life.