Where did the seas come from?

[groucho]

When the Earth was in it's infancy it was a dry scorched planet, so where did all the water come from?

[m.c]

groucho said:

When the Earth was in it's infancy it was a dry scorched planet, so where did all the water come from?

as hard as god tried, he just couldnt reach the toilet

[Chim_Knee]

groucho said:

When the Earth was in it's infancy it was a dry scorched planet, so where did all the water come from?

Probably the temperature of the earth cooled and the water that was there, yet "permanently" evaporated, condensed and made seas and stuff.

Either that or God knocked over his bed-time pint of water (a God-pint is much, much bigger than an earth pint)... and the water arrived on Earth that way.

[titiany]

m.c said:

as hard as god tried, he just couldnt reach the toilet

chuckle chuckle!

[ZR1cliff]

Hmm,ile hazard a guess that while the earth was cooling condensation(sp) gathered above and rained back down,or something like that.

[m.c]

didnt the ice age have something to do with it


im turd at geography related things

[groucho]

I've heard the theory that the seas came from comets, but can't see it myself.

[WingChunDave]

2 parts hydrogen bonded with 1 part oxygen many times over.

[scorp]

Actually no one really knows where our water comes from, there are several theories around..

One being about the earth being struck by multiple comets...

In short, no one knows

[Tuna]

Our outside tap drips a bit. I guess over a few million years, that would add up.

[havoc]

groucho said:

When the Earth was in it's infancy it was a dry scorched planet, so where did all the water come from?

No it wasn't. It was volcanic and volatile. Yes it was hot, but the elements and molecules were always there, albeit in gaseous form (early atmosphere was rich in hydrogen, h2)...the vulcanism released a lot of sulphur and other elements/molecules into the atmosphere, which bonded with existing gaseous h2o into heavier molecules such that they fell as acid rain...as more rain fell on the earth, the earth's surface cooled, allowing more "rain" to coalesce and fall...the early seas were rather poisonous places to be, to be honest.

I don't know how long it took for the seas to take their present form, or quantity though. Google can probably help.