🌿 HOW PLANTS CONQUERED LAND
PAGE 1 OF 5, TRAPPED IN THE WATER
430 MILLION YEARS AGO
A WORLD WITH NO LAND PLANTS
For billions of years after life appeared, algae ruled the oceans, but the land was completely bare. No grass. No trees. No moss. Just naked rock, sand, and barren soil baking under the sun. The entire surface of Earth was as empty as the moon.
EMPTY!
THE EDGE
🌊 Green algae clings to wet coastal rocks
🪨 Every tide brings it closer to land
🪨 Every tide brings it closer to land
THE PROBLEM
☀️ Out of water = desiccation death
💀 UV radiation destroys unprotected cells
💀 UV radiation destroys unprotected cells