Is There a Reason Earth is The Only Planet With Both Plate Tectonics & Life? GEO GIRL

Описание: Earth is the only planet that we know of with both plate tectonics and life. Is this a coincidence? Or is plate tectonics required for life? Is life required for plate tectonics? In this video, I explore the links between plate tectonics and life. Hope you enjoy! ;D

0:00 Only planet w/plates & life
1:33 Link between plate tectonics & life?
3:13 Origins of water & plate tectonics on Earth
5:24 How water drives plate tectonics
6:01 How plate tectonics sustains life
7:15 Was plate tectonics required for Earth’s origin of life?
8:53 How plate tectonics drives evolution
10:19 Tectonics & life on other worlds?

References:
Caperton Morton, 2017: https://www.earthmagazine.org/article...
Hall, 2017: https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
Valich, 2023: https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/...
Tarduno et al., 2023: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06...
Tectonics vs plate tectonics video & references therein:    • Not ALL Tectonics is ‘Plate’ Tectonics (w/...  

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