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BySprawling.
Listentome,please.You’relikeme,ahomosapiens.Awisehuman.
Life,amiracleintheuniverse,appearedaroundfourbillionyearsago,andwehumansonly200,000yearsago.YetwehavesucceededindisruptingthebalancethatissoessentialtolifeonEarth.
Listencarefullytothisextraordinarystory,whichisyours,anddecidewhatyouwanttodowithit.
Thesearetracesofourorigins.Atthebeginning,ourplanetwasnomorethanachaosoffire,formedinthewakeofitsstar,thesun.Acloudofagglutinateddustparticles,similartosomanysimilarclustersintheuniverse.Yetthiswaswherethemiracleoflifeoccurred.
Today,life-ourlife-isjustalinkinachainofinnumerablelivingbeingsthathavesucceededoneanotheronEarthovernearlyfourbillionyears.Andeventoday,newvolcanoescontinuetosculptourlandscapes.TheyofferaglimpseofwhatourEarthwaslikeatitsbirth---moltenrocksurgingfromthedepths,solidifying,cracking,blisteringorspreadinginathincrust,beforefablingdormantforatime.
ThesewreathsofsmokecurlingfromthebowelsoftheEarthbearwitnesstotheEarth’soriginalatmosphere.Anatmospheredevoidofoxygen.Adenseatmosphere,thickwithwatervapor,fullofcarbondioxide.Afurnace.
ButtheEarthhadanexceptionalfuture,offeredtoitbywater.Attherightdistancefromthesun---nottoofar,nottoonear,theEarthwasabletoconservewaterinliquidform.WatervaporcondensedandfellintorrentialdownpoursonEarth,andriversappeared.
TheriversshapedthesurfaceoftheEarth,cuttingtheirchannels,furrowingoutvalleys.Theyrantowardthelowestplacesontheglobetoformtheoceans.Theytoremineralsfromtherocks,andgraduallythefreshwateroftheoceansbecameheavywithsalt.
Waterisavitalliquid.Itirrigatedthesesterileexpanses.Thepathsittracedareliketheveinsofabody,thebranchesofatree,thevesselsofthesapthatitbroughttotheEarth.
Nearlyfourbillionyearslater,somewhereonEarthcanstillbefoundtheseworksofart,leftbythevolcanoes’ash,mixedwithwaterfromIceland’sglaciers.Theretheyare-matterandwater,waterandmatter-softandhardcombined,thecrucialalliancesharedbyeverylife-formonourplanet.
MineralsandmetalsareevenolderthantheEarth.Theyarestardust.TheyprovidetheEarth’scolors.Redfromiron,blackfromcarbon,bluefromcopper,yellowfromsulfur.
Wheredowecomefrom?
Wheredidlifefirstsparkintobeing?
Amiracleoftime,primitivelife-formsstillexistintheglobe’shotsprings.Theygivethemtheircolors.They’recalledarchaeobacteria.TheyallfeedofftheEarth’sheatallexceptthecyanobacteria,orblue-greenalgae.Theyalonehavethecapacitytoturnthesuntocaptureitsenergy.Theyareavitalancestorofallyesterday’sandtoday’splantspecies.Thesetinybacteriaandtheirbillionsofdescendantschangedthedestinyofourplanet.Theytransformeditsatmosphere.
Whathappenedtothecarbonthatpoisonedtheatmosphere?
It’sstillhere,imprisonedintheEarth’scrust.WecanreadthischapteroftheEarth’shistorynowherebetterthanonthewallsofColorado’sGrandCanyon.TheyrevealnearbytwobillionyearsoftheEarth’shistory.Onceuponatime,theGrandCanyonwasaseainhabitedbymicroorganisms.Theygrewtheirshellsbytappingintocarbonfromtheatmospheredissolvedintheocean.Whentheydied,theshellssankandaccumulatedonthesealed.Thesestrataaretheproductofthosebillionsandbillionsofshells.
Thankstothem,thecarbondrainedfromtheatmosphere,andotherlife-formscoulddevelop.
Itislifethatalteredtheatmosphere.Plantlifefedoffthesun’senergy,whichenabledittobreakapartthewatermoleculeandtaketheoxygen.Andoxygenfilledtheair.
TheEarth’swatercycleisaprocessofconstantrenewal.Waterfalls,water,vapor,clouds,rain,springs,rivers,seas,oceans,glaciers.Thecycleisneverbroken.There’salwaysthesamequantityofwateronEarth.AllthesuccessivespeciesonEarthhavedrunkthesamewater.Theastonishingmatterthatiswater.Oneofthemostunstableofall.Ittakesaliquidformasrunningwater,gaseousasvapororsolidasice.
InSiberia,thefrozensurfacesofthelakesinwintercontainthetracesoftheforcesthatwaterdeployswhenitfreezes.Lighterthanwater,theicefloats,ratherthansinkingtothebottom.Itformsaprotectivemantleagainstthecold,underwhichlifecangoon.
Theengineoflifeislinkage.Everythingislinked.Nothingisself-sufficient.Waterandairareinseparable,unitedinlifeandforourlifeonEarth.Thus,cloudsformovertheoceansandbringraintothelandmasses,whoseriverscarrywaterbacktotheoceans.
Sharingiseverything.
Thegreenexpansepeekingthroughthecloudsisthesourceofoxygen