Modern Earth is the only known planet with plate tectonics,felsic continental crust,and life.Plate tectonics has resulted in a Goldilocks environment for long-term habitability via chemical cycling across the Earth sy...Modern Earth is the only known planet with plate tectonics,felsic continental crust,and life.Plate tectonics has resulted in a Goldilocks environment for long-term habitability via chemical cycling across the Earth system,regulating temperature through the carbonate-silicate cycle,sustaining oceans at the surface,and developing bimodal hypsometry with emergent felsic crust releasing bio-essential minerals through weathering and erosion(Kasting,2019;Cawood et al.,2022;Chowdhury et al.,2025).展开更多
基金supported by the Australian Research Council(Grant No.FL160100168)。
文摘Modern Earth is the only known planet with plate tectonics,felsic continental crust,and life.Plate tectonics has resulted in a Goldilocks environment for long-term habitability via chemical cycling across the Earth system,regulating temperature through the carbonate-silicate cycle,sustaining oceans at the surface,and developing bimodal hypsometry with emergent felsic crust releasing bio-essential minerals through weathering and erosion(Kasting,2019;Cawood et al.,2022;Chowdhury et al.,2025).
