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Once I heard a creationist say that the earth once may have had a hydrosphere layer up above our natural atmosphere, which implied that a substantial layer of ice covered the earth and created a greenhouse effect.
I am not attempting to argue this assumption, but can this phenomenon occur in a world similar to our own? If it can, then what would be the consequences?
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Once I heard a creationist say that the earth once may have had a hydrosphere layer up above our natural atmosphere, which implied that a substantial layer of ice covered the earth and created a greenhouse effect.
I am not attempting to argue this assumption, but can this phenomenon occur in a world similar to our own? If it can, then what would be the consequences?
reality-check planets
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Might be related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/25571/…
– Real Subtle
3 hours ago
Oh, thank you!!
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3 hours ago
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Possible duplicate of Is life possible on a world where the water floats in the air?
– Renan
45 mins ago
Did the creationist also gave a hint about what was keeping the water and ice up there and prevented them from falling down? And the creationistic technical term is "water canopy"; a hydrosphere is something else entirely, and Earth already has a hydrosphere.
– AlexP
40 mins ago
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Once I heard a creationist say that the earth once may have had a hydrosphere layer up above our natural atmosphere, which implied that a substantial layer of ice covered the earth and created a greenhouse effect.
I am not attempting to argue this assumption, but can this phenomenon occur in a world similar to our own? If it can, then what would be the consequences?
reality-check planets
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Once I heard a creationist say that the earth once may have had a hydrosphere layer up above our natural atmosphere, which implied that a substantial layer of ice covered the earth and created a greenhouse effect.
I am not attempting to argue this assumption, but can this phenomenon occur in a world similar to our own? If it can, then what would be the consequences?
reality-check planets
reality-check planets
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Tim B♦
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edited 13 mins ago
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Might be related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/25571/…
– Real Subtle
3 hours ago
Oh, thank you!!
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
1
Possible duplicate of Is life possible on a world where the water floats in the air?
– Renan
45 mins ago
Did the creationist also gave a hint about what was keeping the water and ice up there and prevented them from falling down? And the creationistic technical term is "water canopy"; a hydrosphere is something else entirely, and Earth already has a hydrosphere.
– AlexP
40 mins ago
add a comment |Â
Might be related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/25571/…
– Real Subtle
3 hours ago
Oh, thank you!!
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
1
Possible duplicate of Is life possible on a world where the water floats in the air?
– Renan
45 mins ago
Did the creationist also gave a hint about what was keeping the water and ice up there and prevented them from falling down? And the creationistic technical term is "water canopy"; a hydrosphere is something else entirely, and Earth already has a hydrosphere.
– AlexP
40 mins ago
Might be related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/25571/…
– Real Subtle
3 hours ago
Might be related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/25571/…
– Real Subtle
3 hours ago
Oh, thank you!!
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
Oh, thank you!!
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
1
1
Possible duplicate of Is life possible on a world where the water floats in the air?
– Renan
45 mins ago
Possible duplicate of Is life possible on a world where the water floats in the air?
– Renan
45 mins ago
Did the creationist also gave a hint about what was keeping the water and ice up there and prevented them from falling down? And the creationistic technical term is "water canopy"; a hydrosphere is something else entirely, and Earth already has a hydrosphere.
– AlexP
40 mins ago
Did the creationist also gave a hint about what was keeping the water and ice up there and prevented them from falling down? And the creationistic technical term is "water canopy"; a hydrosphere is something else entirely, and Earth already has a hydrosphere.
– AlexP
40 mins ago
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Liquid or solid water is denser than air at STP, therefore there is no way that still air can sustain water by buoyancy.
A flow of air can lift water, but that would not happen all around the globe: somewhere the upgoing air has to come down.
If instead there is a layer of ice covering the surface and the liquid water is above this layer of ice, I have a hard time understanding how a bulk layer of ice can be qualified as "atmosphere".
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I agree, it's not the name I would use. Maybe outer ice shell
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
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The key word in the question is "creationist".
– nzaman
1 hour ago
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1 Answer
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oldest
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
8
down vote
Liquid or solid water is denser than air at STP, therefore there is no way that still air can sustain water by buoyancy.
A flow of air can lift water, but that would not happen all around the globe: somewhere the upgoing air has to come down.
If instead there is a layer of ice covering the surface and the liquid water is above this layer of ice, I have a hard time understanding how a bulk layer of ice can be qualified as "atmosphere".
answered 3 hours ago
L.Dutch♦
66.2k20159311
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I agree, it's not the name I would use. Maybe outer ice shell
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
2
The key word in the question is "creationist".
– nzaman
1 hour ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
8
down vote
Liquid or solid water is denser than air at STP, therefore there is no way that still air can sustain water by buoyancy.
A flow of air can lift water, but that would not happen all around the globe: somewhere the upgoing air has to come down.
If instead there is a layer of ice covering the surface and the liquid water is above this layer of ice, I have a hard time understanding how a bulk layer of ice can be qualified as "atmosphere".
answered 3 hours ago
L.Dutch♦
66.2k20159311
1
I agree, it's not the name I would use. Maybe outer ice shell
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
2
The key word in the question is "creationist".
– nzaman
1 hour ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
8
down vote
up vote
8
down vote
Liquid or solid water is denser than air at STP, therefore there is no way that still air can sustain water by buoyancy.
A flow of air can lift water, but that would not happen all around the globe: somewhere the upgoing air has to come down.
If instead there is a layer of ice covering the surface and the liquid water is above this layer of ice, I have a hard time understanding how a bulk layer of ice can be qualified as "atmosphere".
answered 3 hours ago
L.Dutch♦
66.2k20159311
Liquid or solid water is denser than air at STP, therefore there is no way that still air can sustain water by buoyancy.
A flow of air can lift water, but that would not happen all around the globe: somewhere the upgoing air has to come down.
If instead there is a layer of ice covering the surface and the liquid water is above this layer of ice, I have a hard time understanding how a bulk layer of ice can be qualified as "atmosphere".
answered 3 hours ago
L.Dutch♦
66.2k20159311
answered 3 hours ago
L.Dutch♦
66.2k20159311
answered 3 hours ago
L.Dutch♦
66.2k20159311
answered 3 hours ago
L.Dutch♦
66.2k20159311
66.2k20159311
1
I agree, it's not the name I would use. Maybe outer ice shell
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
2
The key word in the question is "creationist".
– nzaman
1 hour ago
add a comment |Â
1
I agree, it's not the name I would use. Maybe outer ice shell
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
2
The key word in the question is "creationist".
– nzaman
1 hour ago
1
1
I agree, it's not the name I would use. Maybe outer ice shell
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
I agree, it's not the name I would use. Maybe outer ice shell
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
2
2
The key word in the question is "creationist".
– nzaman
1 hour ago
The key word in the question is "creationist".
– nzaman
1 hour ago
add a comment |Â
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Might be related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/25571/…
– Real Subtle
3 hours ago
Oh, thank you!!
– Austin Trigloff
3 hours ago
1
Possible duplicate of Is life possible on a world where the water floats in the air?
– Renan
45 mins ago
Did the creationist also gave a hint about what was keeping the water and ice up there and prevented them from falling down? And the creationistic technical term is "water canopy"; a hydrosphere is something else entirely, and Earth already has a hydrosphere.
– AlexP
40 mins ago