Why There is Land on Earth

From the creator

Why is Earth not just water? Where does land come from, and why does it exist? Find out more about earth's origins with Hank in this new episode of SciShow! SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Jeffrey McKishen, Scott Satovsky Jr, James Knight, Sam Buck, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/hotspot_volcanism_thermal_plume https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-question-week-what-would-be-effect-if-all-plate-tectonics-movement-stopped-forever-188 http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vtectonics1.html https://news.uchicago.edu/story/case-earths-missing-continental-crust-solved-it-sank https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2806 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00128252173009

Published 2020-06-17 · Watch on YouTube ↗
Availability and playback restrictions are controlled by the original channel.