Fleur_@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoIs Earth mostly liquid, like a water balloon?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down13
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareIs Earth mostly liquid, like a water balloon?Fleur_@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·edit-23 months agoOh look! A Wikipedia article that answers that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_distribution_on_Earth?wprov=sfti1# Of course there’s theories out there that say there’s a lot more water in the earth than we’ve been able to calculate. Real answer is that our best educated guesses are still that.
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months agoLiquid doesn’t mean just water. I think what op was getting at that the molten core of the earth is in liquid(-ish?) form, thus the water balloon idea.
Oh look! A Wikipedia article that answers that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_distribution_on_Earth?wprov=sfti1#
Of course there’s theories out there that say there’s a lot more water in the earth than we’ve been able to calculate.
Real answer is that our best educated guesses are still that.
Liquid doesn’t mean just water. I think what op was getting at that the molten core of the earth is in liquid(-ish?) form, thus the water balloon idea.