First, a scary black hole looking right at us was found. Then, a huge hole was found in the sun, and after 375 years, a continent that had been lost was found.
People are just-now-finding out that there is a huge ocean-hidden under the surface of the Earth.
It turns out that there is a huge amount of water stored in a rock called “ringwoodite” 400 miles below the surface.
Scientists have already found that water is saved in middle rock in a sponge-like shape, which is neither a liquid nor a stable nor a gas.
The results were written up in a science paper called “Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle,” which came out in 2014.
“The ringwoodite is like a sponge, soaking up water,” said geophysicist Steve Jacobsen at the time.
“There is some thing very unique about the crystal structure of ringwoodite that lets in it to attract hydrogen and lure water.”
Jacobsen, who became part of the group that made the locating, delivered, “This mineral can keep a variety of water in the deep mantle.”
He also said, “I think we’re finally seeing proof of a whole-Earth water cycle, which may help us understand why there is so much liquid water on the surface of our planet that we can live on.” Since the 1970s, scientists have been looking for this lost deep water.
Scientists at the time came to these conclusions after studying earthquakes and finding that seismometers could pick up shockwaves below the Earth’s surface.
From this, they were able to figure out that the water was being held in the ringwoodite rock.
If the rock simplest had one percent water, it’d imply that there is 3 instances more water under the Earth’s floor than there is in the seas.
