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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

But not for long in a sense, right?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The hadrean period (lava earth) was approximately as long as there have been vertebrates. So pretty long!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

yeah but speaking from personal experience at least, i cant remember the last time the earth was covered in lava

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

For about half a billion years Earth was mostly molten on the surface. So about 11% of the time. And then we've had major glaciation periods especially the cryongenian that lasted 78M years about 640M years ago.

More info from this Kurzgesagt video on earth's history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7TUe5w6RHo

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Eventually got different, but it did linger a while at both stages.