Lindy Elkins-Tanton on the Origin of Earth's Water

The planets formed out of a cloud of gas and dust around the nascent Sun. Within the so-called snow line, it was too hot for liquid water to exist. Since the Earth lies well within this line, why does it have water? Did it somehow manage to retain water from the outset or did it acquire its water later? In the podcast, Lindy Elkins-Tanton explains how these two scenarios might have played out but she says the evidence strongly favors one of these theories. Elkins-Tanton has concentrated much of her research career on the formation and evolution of planets, and especially the role of water. She is a Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University and Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission.

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Lindy Elkins-Tanton on the Origin of Earth's Water is an episode from Geology Bites By Oliver Strimpel by Oliver Strimpel.

This episode is 00:20:30 long.

This episode was published on Mar 27, 2025.

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