Researchers studying ancient rocks from Western Australia propose that water-rich crust sank into Earth’s mantle through a process called dripduction, helping generate magma and volcanic eruptions more than three billion years ago, before modern plate tectonics may have fully developed.
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So ancient rocks hint water was around three billion years ago. Shock. Water. Back then. Anyone who ever boiled a kettle could’ve guessed where the magma came from. We burned grant money to confirm the obvious, then dressed it up as a breakthrough. Next week: gravity still holds. Riveting.
