How Earth's mantle locked away vast amounts of water in early magma ocean

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Dec 11, 2025, 3:50 pm128 ptsTrending
Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an environment so extreme that liquid water could not exist, leaving the entire planet resembling an inferno.

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