• The earth can be considered a living organism that has its own breathing: it regulates its temperature, consumes energy and constantly changes its skin.
• Astrobiology researchers have discovered that the current steady state of Earth's climate is an anomaly and things should "bounce back to normal" over the next few billion years.
• Beneath the surface of the oceans are the largest mountain ranges that span the surface of the globe like the seams on a baseball.
• More than 80% percent of the Earth's surface is of volcanic origin.
• It is a common belief among American Indians that the surface of the Earth rests on a giant turtle, and it trembles every time the turtle takes a step.
• According to one popular hypothesis, the Earth once shared its orbit with another planet, which scientists called Theia. Many billions of years ago, these planets collided, and as a result of the greatest catastrophe in its history, the Earth acquired additional mass and received its own satellite.
• Another theory states that once about 200 million years ago during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, all the continents formed a single mass of the Earth (the supercontinent Pangea). The northern part of the huge continent, Laurasia, consisted of Eurasia and North America, while the southern part, Gondwana, included Australia, South America, Africa, Antarctica and India. Later, during the division of the continents, India broke away from Gondwana and joined Africa.
• The plates of the Earth's crust move at a rate of several inches per year, which is approximately equal to the length of a human fingernail growing in a year. On this basis, it can be argued that in 250 million years a new supercontinent will appear on Earth.
• The beginning of the Industrial Revolution marked the beginning of an era of significant impact on the environment. Since then, humanity has been producing so much carbon dioxide that it has seriously disrupted the balance of gases in the atmosphere and its chemical composition.
• The amount of carbon dioxide in water and in the atmosphere, as well as solar energy that the Earth receives, are factors that determine the duration of life on Earth and the existence of the planet itself.
• Too much greenhouse effect is dangerous for existing life on Earth, but if there were no greenhouse effect at all, the average temperature on the planet would be -18°C, instead of the +15°C we have now.
• The Amazon Jungle is home to one-third of the animal and plant species on Earth, supporting the theory that the planet can sustain life on its surface within a limited area.
• There is strong evidence that the universe formed after a big bang about 13 billion years ago, and two-thirds of its history occurred before the formation of the solar system. During this time, many stars were born and died, and hydrogen, helium and lithium gradually began to be replaced by other elements with more complex atoms, such as carbon, oxygen, silicon, magnesium and nitrogen. The earth owes its emergence and development to a huge number of processes that have occurred and will occur during its life.
• The Earth, which can be considered as a metal ball covered with a stone shell, rushes through outer space at a speed of 107,000 kilometers per hour.
• The existence of the moon is very important for the existence of Life on Earth, as it stabilizes its inclination relative to the Sun. Without the moon, chaotic climate changes would occur on Earth, and it would not be able to become habitable.
• The high energy of the Earth's core and magma helps it hold onto the oceans and atmosphere. This energy also helped form the tectonic plates that separate the oceans from the magma. Then heat and pressure pushed land onto the surface of the oceans, which turned out to be lighter than the seabed.
• In addition to solar energy, the earth uses a colossal reserve of heat that is located inside it. Every year, billions and billions of calories of internal energy come to the surface of the Earth.
• After the Earth began to cool, growing to its current size, the lithosphere that enveloped the planet like an eggshell began to burst and 7 large and twelve “small” floating islands with jagged edges were formed. These islands became modern tectonic plates, constantly moving above the viscous mantle, rubbing against each other, colliding and trying to pile on top of each other.
• The Earth's tectonic plates are divided into continental and oceanic formations. The continental crust is formed from relatively light granite and reaches from 29 to 48 kilometers, while the denser basaltic ocean floor reaches a thickness of only 8-9.5 kilometers.
• Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and mountain growth are good signs, as these processes prove that life on our planet continues. All this is the result of the movement of tectonic plates.
• Many other planets and their moons also have volcanoes, but they do not have mountains. This means that tectonic plates did not form there, the result of the collision of which and the crushing of their edges is the formation of mountain ranges.
• Tectonic plates also contributed to the development of life on Earth. Volcanoes emitted huge masses of water vapor, which condensed on the surface of tectonic plates, and gases pushed to the surface of the Earth gradually formed its atmosphere.
• So-called “hot spots” are places where basalt columns “pierce” the Earth's crust and allow magma to flow to the surface. The movement of tectonic plates over such hot spots results in the formation of chains of volcanic islands called seamounts. One example of such volcanic mountains is the mountain range that lies beneath modern-day Hawaii.
• The Himalayas are a pattern of tectonic plates moving towards each other.
• Astrobiology researchers have discovered that the current steady state of Earth's climate is an anomaly and things should "bounce back to normal" over the next few billion years.
• Beneath the surface of the oceans are the largest mountain ranges that span the surface of the globe like the seams on a baseball.
• More than 80% percent of the Earth's surface is of volcanic origin.
• It is a common belief among American Indians that the surface of the Earth rests on a giant turtle, and it trembles every time the turtle takes a step.
• According to one popular hypothesis, the Earth once shared its orbit with another planet, which scientists called Theia. Many billions of years ago, these planets collided, and as a result of the greatest catastrophe in its history, the Earth acquired additional mass and received its own satellite.
• Another theory states that once about 200 million years ago during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, all the continents formed a single mass of the Earth (the supercontinent Pangea). The northern part of the huge continent, Laurasia, consisted of Eurasia and North America, while the southern part, Gondwana, included Australia, South America, Africa, Antarctica and India. Later, during the division of the continents, India broke away from Gondwana and joined Africa.
• The plates of the Earth's crust move at a rate of several inches per year, which is approximately equal to the length of a human fingernail growing in a year. On this basis, it can be argued that in 250 million years a new supercontinent will appear on Earth.
• The beginning of the Industrial Revolution marked the beginning of an era of significant impact on the environment. Since then, humanity has been producing so much carbon dioxide that it has seriously disrupted the balance of gases in the atmosphere and its chemical composition.
• The amount of carbon dioxide in water and in the atmosphere, as well as solar energy that the Earth receives, are factors that determine the duration of life on Earth and the existence of the planet itself.
• Too much greenhouse effect is dangerous for existing life on Earth, but if there were no greenhouse effect at all, the average temperature on the planet would be -18°C, instead of the +15°C we have now.
• The Amazon Jungle is home to one-third of the animal and plant species on Earth, supporting the theory that the planet can sustain life on its surface within a limited area.
• There is strong evidence that the universe formed after a big bang about 13 billion years ago, and two-thirds of its history occurred before the formation of the solar system. During this time, many stars were born and died, and hydrogen, helium and lithium gradually began to be replaced by other elements with more complex atoms, such as carbon, oxygen, silicon, magnesium and nitrogen. The earth owes its emergence and development to a huge number of processes that have occurred and will occur during its life.
• The Earth, which can be considered as a metal ball covered with a stone shell, rushes through outer space at a speed of 107,000 kilometers per hour.
• The existence of the moon is very important for the existence of Life on Earth, as it stabilizes its inclination relative to the Sun. Without the moon, chaotic climate changes would occur on Earth, and it would not be able to become habitable.
• The high energy of the Earth's core and magma helps it hold onto the oceans and atmosphere. This energy also helped form the tectonic plates that separate the oceans from the magma. Then heat and pressure pushed land onto the surface of the oceans, which turned out to be lighter than the seabed.
• In addition to solar energy, the earth uses a colossal reserve of heat that is located inside it. Every year, billions and billions of calories of internal energy come to the surface of the Earth.
• After the Earth began to cool, growing to its current size, the lithosphere that enveloped the planet like an eggshell began to burst and 7 large and twelve “small” floating islands with jagged edges were formed. These islands became modern tectonic plates, constantly moving above the viscous mantle, rubbing against each other, colliding and trying to pile on top of each other.
• The Earth's tectonic plates are divided into continental and oceanic formations. The continental crust is formed from relatively light granite and reaches from 29 to 48 kilometers, while the denser basaltic ocean floor reaches a thickness of only 8-9.5 kilometers.
• Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and mountain growth are good signs, as these processes prove that life on our planet continues. All this is the result of the movement of tectonic plates.
• Many other planets and their moons also have volcanoes, but they do not have mountains. This means that tectonic plates did not form there, the result of the collision of which and the crushing of their edges is the formation of mountain ranges.
• Tectonic plates also contributed to the development of life on Earth. Volcanoes emitted huge masses of water vapor, which condensed on the surface of tectonic plates, and gases pushed to the surface of the Earth gradually formed its atmosphere.
• So-called “hot spots” are places where basalt columns “pierce” the Earth's crust and allow magma to flow to the surface. The movement of tectonic plates over such hot spots results in the formation of chains of volcanic islands called seamounts. One example of such volcanic mountains is the mountain range that lies beneath modern-day Hawaii.
• The Himalayas are a pattern of tectonic plates moving towards each other.