The scientists from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois have discovered a reservoir of water that is three times the size of all of Earth's oceans, deep beneath the planet's surface. This underground water supply rests some 700 km beneath our feet
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Gigantic ocean triple the volume of all of Earth's surface oceans has just been found
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so imagine we cant use those water, if we use them there is a possibility that temperature of earth core could go up?
The scientists from Northwestern
This hidden ocean, concealed within a blue rock known as ringwoodite, dares our understanding of where Earth’s water came from. The size of this subterranean sea is triple the volume of all the planet’s surface oceans combined.
This new discovery not only enthrals with its scale but also proposes a new theory about Earth’s water cycle. It recommends that instead of arriving via comet impacts, as some theories have posited, Earth’s oceans may have slowly seeped out from its very core.
Science Behind The Discovery
Steven Jacobsen, a researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois and the lead author of the study, informs, “This is substantial evidence that water on Earth came from within.”
To uncover this underground ocean, researchers used an array of 2000 seismographs across the United States, analysing seismic waves from over 500 earthquakes. Waves which travel through Earth’s inner layers, including its core, slow down when passing through wet rock, allowing scientists to assume the presence of this vast water deposit.
Earth’s Water Cycle Reimagined
The possibility that water exists in the Earth's mantle and sweats between the rock grains may change our perception of the planet's water cycle. Jacobsen further emphasised the importance of this reservoir, pointing out that without it, water would be on the surface of the Earth and that the only visible land may be the peaks of mountains
This hidden ocean, concealed within a blue rock known as ringwoodite, dares our understanding of where Earth’s water came from. The size of this subterranean sea is triple the volume of all the planet’s surface oceans combined.
This new discovery not only enthrals with its scale but also proposes a new theory about Earth’s water cycle. It recommends that instead of arriving via comet impacts, as some theories have posited, Earth’s oceans may have slowly seeped out from its very core.
Science Behind The Discovery
Steven Jacobsen, a researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois and the lead author of the study, informs, “This is substantial evidence that water on Earth came from within.”
To uncover this underground ocean, researchers used an array of 2000 seismographs across the United States, analysing seismic waves from over 500 earthquakes. Waves which travel through Earth’s inner layers, including its core, slow down when passing through wet rock, allowing scientists to assume the presence of this vast water deposit.
Earth’s Water Cycle Reimagined
The possibility that water exists in the Earth's mantle and sweats between the rock grains may change our perception of the planet's water cycle. Jacobsen further emphasised the importance of this reservoir, pointing out that without it, water would be on the surface of the Earth and that the only visible land may be the peaks of mountains
It was always suspected that this is the case but it was only a theory. But in 2022 it was discovered that a reservoir of water three times the volume of all the oceans beneath the Earth's surface existed. Proven by Raman spectroscopy and FTIR spectrometry.
This was published in scientific journals at that time but only appeared now in the newsmedia.
This was published in scientific journals at that time but only appeared now in the newsmedia.
Hollow earth theory.What if animals also living down there
හැබැයි scientists ලා කියන විදියට වතුර තියෙන්නේ ස්පොන්ජ් වගේ වෙනම form ඒකකයකින් ලු. නිකන් ගලා යන වතුර නෙවේ.අනික මේ හොයාගත්ත එක අව්රුදු 7 වගේ පරණයි කියලා මං දැක්කා. එක පාරට ආයේ උඩට ඇවිත්.
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