It seems like there have been some amazing science stories coming out every day lately, all of which have blown our young minds.
First there was the discovery of a terrifying black hole directed directly at us, then a huge hole in the sun was found and a lost continent was found after 375 years of disappearance.
Now people hardly realize that a huge ocean is hidden under the earth’s crust.
It turns out that there is a huge reservoir of water 400 miles underground stored in a rock known as Ringwoodite.
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Scientists have previously discovered that water is stored within mantle rock in a sponge-like state, which is not a liquid, solid or gaseous state, but rather a fourth state.
the world sheet It was published under the title “Dry Melting in the Upper Mantle” in 2014 and presented the results.
There is three times more water under the surface than in the oceansphoto-credit">iStock
“Ringwoodite is like a sponge, absorbing water,” geophysicist Steve Jacobsen explained at the time. There is something very special about the crystal structure of ringwoodite that allows it to attract hydrogen and trap water.”
“This mineral can hold a lot of water under deep mantle conditions,” added Jacobsen, who was part of the team behind the discovery.
He added: “I think we are finally seeing evidence of a water cycle at ground level, which may help explain the large amount of liquid water on our planet’s habitable surface. Scientists are searching for those deep waters that have been missing for decades. “
Scientists made these discoveries at the time after studying earthquakes and finding that seismographs picked up shock waves below the Earth’s surface.
From there, they were able to establish that water was trapped in the rock known as Ringwoodite.
If a rock contains only 1% water, that means there is three times as much water under the Earth’s surface as there is in the ocean at the surface.
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