Every Ocean Before Ours Vanished... And Scientists Know Where
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Every Ocean Before Ours Vanished... And Scientists Know Where Earth has not always looked the way it does today. Long before the modern oceans existed, ancient seas appeared, expanded, changed, and eventually disappeared. But where did all that water go? In this episode, we explore the hidden history of Earth's ancient oceans, the movement of tectonic plates, vanished seaways, and the geological evidence preserved deep beneath the Earth's surface. Scientists can reconstruct parts of these lost worlds by studying rocks, minerals, fossils, and the movements of continents across geological time. Some ancient oceans were consumed as tectonic plates collided, forcing oceanic crust deep into Earth's interior. Others were transformed as continents shifted and new oceans opened in their place. The oceans we know today are only one chapter in a much older planetary story. What happened to Earth's lost oceans—and could some of their water still be hidden deep inside our planet?
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