DaveC426913
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Yeah, I'm not sure why either. Unfurl is set to "true".I'm not sure why the title didn't appear but thank you!
Yeah, I'm not sure why either. Unfurl is set to "true".I'm not sure why the title didn't appear but thank you!
Here is the real paper, for those like me that always suspect pop-sci journos tend to screw up the explanation: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52126-7
I think it's the title, "Dripping," pop sci tends to dramatise descriptions for headlines for hits and sales.Why is what I posted, funny?
SF’s content ebbs and flows, but maybe that’s why James R painstakingly moderates as he does, to keep the hard science sections void of nonsense. I didn’t think this article was nonsense though, but the idea of the Earth’s crust “dripping” did catch my eye.I think it's the title, "Dripping," pop sci tends to dramatise descriptions for headlines for hits and sales.
The Media is guilty as are some popular science magazines, "New scientist" does this a lot.
Physics.org is quite level headed but I have got into deep water with articles there too, posting on a "hard" science site.
16 months on this site however I have changed my view of SF, some posters on here are no slouches when it comes to certain subjects.
Some "hard" areas popping up here where I have been diving into my text books! And still none the wiser!
All good stuff.
Oh I assumed your mention of "depressing" was a pun on the depression being formed in the Anatolian plateau.Why is what I posted, funny?
I felt genuinely “depressed” about it. lolOh I assumed your mention of "depressing" was a pun on the depression being formed in the Anatolian plateau.
Was that not a joke, then?![]()
Eh? Why did it take you that way? These are geological processes that take place over millions of years and have always done. There’s nothing bad about them, so far as I can see.I felt genuinely “depressed” about it. lol
Maybe I’m focusing on the “loss” or seeing this as mainly loss, and not simply geological changes that the Earth goes through. Wouldn’t our planet become increasingly vulnerable over time? Granted, a long period of time, but I guess the idea of that makes me feel a little melancholic.Eh? Why did it take you that way? These are geological processes that take place over millions of years and have always done. There’s nothing bad about them, so far as I can see.
Not at all. This is just one of many geophysical tectonic processes going on all the time in an endless cycle. Don't worry about the crust being "lost". As a matter of fact, over geological time the amount of continental crust on the Earth's surface seems to have increased, due to the fractionation process that occurs when lower melting point, less dense mineral fractions are ejected onto the surface by volcanism.Maybe I’m focusing on the “loss” or seeing this as mainly loss, and not simply geological changes that the Earth goes through. Wouldn’t our planet become increasingly vulnerable over time? Granted, a long period of time, but I guess the idea of that makes me feel a little melancholic.
A treacle down effect?I too assumed there was a pun there. Just as trickle-down economics led to a depression, so too can trickle-down tectonics. I remember seeing someone do this with bitumen when I was in college - it took several years for the drip to complete. Bitumen, though it can appear as somewhat solid is technically a highly viscous liquid. One can do the same thing with glass, though the drip will likely take many centuries.
This is what my son would classify as "dad jokes", earning a groan and a roll of the eyeballs.A treacle down effect?
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La Brea Tar Pits - Wikipedia
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No connection to Br'er Rabbit,I suppose ?