Every so often coastline naturally erodes and land falls into the ocean. How do we still have land?
In: Planetary Science
Volcanic and tectonic activity. The plates are still moving, and the ones pushing into each other sometimes create uplift, raising mountains ever so gradually. Also volcanoes shoot molten rock directly onto the surface, either creating new islands in the ocean or piling the land that much higher. Granted it’s not measurably one-for-one with erosion but I just mean to say there are some forces adding to the land rather than taking away from it.
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