Why is there Land?

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You need it, you love it, you probably live on it: it's land! But have you ever thought about where land even comes from? Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: 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: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/hotspot_volcanism_thermal_plume www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-question-week-what-would-be-effect-if-all-plate-tectonics-movement-stopped-forever-188 www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vtectonics1.html news.uchicago.edu/story/case-earths-missing-continental-crust-solved-it-sank www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2806 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825217300934 www.livescience.com/43220-subduction-zone-definition.html blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2016/02/22/how-does-continental-crust-form-scientists-have-a-new-bottom-up-theory/ www.giss.nasa.gov/research/features/201508_slushball/ www.researchgate.net/publication/242223025_Vaalbara_and_Tectonic_Effects_of_a_Mega_Impact_in_the_Early_Archean_3470_Ma/link/00463532e6e89396a0000000/download www.researchgate.net/publication/11194024_An_Archean_Impact_Layer_from_the_Pilbara_and_Kaapvaal_Cratons www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1342937X0570993X io9.gizmodo.com/a-history-of-supercontinents-on-planet-earth-5744636 www.researchgate.net/publication/258622641_Eoarchean_TTGs_derived_from_thickened_mafic_arc_crust www.livescience.com/31272-continents-oozed.html www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/Continent/ scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=3657 www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/ggph-hsp111115.php oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/why_oceans.html pdfs.semanticscholar.org/88ae/c242c5f1ea5db6cee6fb00569fa8bfaa8652.pdf www.britannica.com/science/ocean/Origin-of-the-ocean-waters people.earth.yale.edu/sites/default/files/korenaga18b.pdf scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=6272 www.britannica.com/place/Earth/Effects-of-planetesimal-impacts www.britannica.com/place/Earth/Accretion-of-the-early-Earth www.britannica.com/science/ocean ase.tufts.edu/cosmos/view_chapter.asp?id=2&page=4 Image Sources: www.istockphoto.com/photo/sunset-over-the-winding-road-with-cypresses-in-tuscany-gm498131251-42042294 www.istockphoto.com/photo/granite-rock-wall-gm1132052923-299952309 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Pillow_lavas_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1156212.jpg www.istockphoto.com/photo/the-surface-of-the-lava-background-gm648646470-117767685 www.istockphoto.com/photo/top-view-of-islet-of-vila-franca-do-campo-is-formed-by-the-crater-of-an-old-gm1137955278-303623679 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graphitic_BIF_(meta-BIF)_(Eoarchean,_3.8_Ga;_Isua_Supracrustal_Belt,_southwestern_Greenland)_(15056531391).jpg www.istockphoto.com/photo/cholatse-dramatic-mountain-peak-towering-over-glacial-lake-khumbu-himalayas-gm594464820-101932305 www.istockphoto.com/photo/delicate-arch-in-arches-national-park-utah-gm464702046-58687330 www.istockphoto.com/photo/red-lava-texture-background-gm1146367799-308874124 www.istockphoto.com/photo/ground-movement-shown-in-rock-gm172745162-5943307 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barringer_Crater_aerial_photo_by_USGS.jpg www.istockphoto.com/photo/aeial-view-of-cliff-next-to-beach-gm1203701383-346052559 www.istockphoto.com/vector/world-map-with-countries-vector-gm1141678193-305955583 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olympus_Mons_alt.jpg www.istockphoto.com/photo/lava-lake-at-halemaumau-gm1006629870-271670029 www.istockphoto.com/photo/stromboli-island-gm482400328-70011169 www.istockphoto.com/photo/hexagonal-rock-formation-and-sea-at-the-giants-causeway-gm97530498-6894878?clarity=false

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