Prince.Skeletor
Don’t Be Like He-Man
Okay, maybe that one was too easy. But try this one on for size: Did you know that there's an absolutely massive supply of water hidden underneath the Earth's crust that's three times bigger than the oceans that sit on the surface?
This huge supply of water is buried a whopping 400 miles underground, so it's not exactly accessible.
Plus, it's contained inside a blue rock known as 'ringwoodite' in the Earth's mantel, which acts as a sort of sponge for that huge body of H2O.
So it's not a liquid, solid, or gas, but a fourth molecular structure of water contained inside the mantle rock.
"The ringwoodite is like a sponge, soaking up water, there is something very special about the crystal structure of ringwoodite that allows it to attract hydrogen and trap water," said geophysicist Steve Jacobsen, who was part of the monumental discovery.
"This mineral can contain a lot of water under conditions of the deep mantle."
This discovery could help scientists determine how Earth was formed, furthering the theory that the Earth's water 'came from within', rather than from asteroids and comets.
Jacobsen explained at the time: "I think we are finally seeing evidence for a whole-Earth water cycle, which may help explain the vast amount of liquid water on the surface of our habitable planet.
s discovery could help scientists determine how Earth was formed, furthering the theory that the Earth's water 'came from within', rather than from asteroids and comets.
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This huge supply of water is buried a whopping 400 miles underground, so it's not exactly accessible.
Plus, it's contained inside a blue rock known as 'ringwoodite' in the Earth's mantel, which acts as a sort of sponge for that huge body of H2O.
So it's not a liquid, solid, or gas, but a fourth molecular structure of water contained inside the mantle rock.
"The ringwoodite is like a sponge, soaking up water, there is something very special about the crystal structure of ringwoodite that allows it to attract hydrogen and trap water," said geophysicist Steve Jacobsen, who was part of the monumental discovery.
"This mineral can contain a lot of water under conditions of the deep mantle."
This discovery could help scientists determine how Earth was formed, furthering the theory that the Earth's water 'came from within', rather than from asteroids and comets.
Jacobsen explained at the time: "I think we are finally seeing evidence for a whole-Earth water cycle, which may help explain the vast amount of liquid water on the surface of our habitable planet.
s discovery could help scientists determine how Earth was formed, furthering the theory that the Earth's water 'came from within', rather than from asteroids and comets.
Scientists discover massive 'ocean' beneath Earth's surface bigger than all the seas above land
Scientists have discovered a huge ocean under the Earth's core and it's bigger than all the seas on the surface.
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