Giant underground ocean found with more water than Earth's surface

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Giant underground ocean found with more water than Earth’s surface

Scientists have recently found a giant underground ocean with more water than Earth’s surface 400 miles below the surface of Earth in North America. It is hidden beneath the crust as a gigantic reservoir of water held in “ringwoodite” rock.

According to scientists, this massive ocean has water preserved inside mantle rock in an unusual sponge-like condition that is not a solid, liquid, or gas. Instead, it shows a fourth state, plasma.

A scientific report titled “Dehydration Melting at the top of lower mantle” published this research study. A geophysicist Steve Jacobsen is part of the research team behind this discovery.

*Massive ocean found under the Earth’s surface while holding 3 times more water than oceans on surface*

Steve stated the ringwoodite is like a sponge; soaking up water. There is something special about the crystal structure of ringwoodite that allows it to attract hydrogen and trap water. This mineral can contain a lot of water under conditions of a deep mantle.

Steve thinks they are finally seeing evidence for a whole-Earth water cycle. This could help explain why there is so much liquid water on the surface of their planet that is habitable.

Scientists have been searching for this lost deep water for decades. However, they found this giant underground ocean while researching earthquakes.

They picked seismometers that showed shockwaves beneath the Earth’s surface which led to the discovery of a massive ocean.

*A massive ocean exists 700 kilometers beneath Earth*

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As a result, they proved the preservation of water in ringwoodite in Earth’s second layer, the mantle. The scientists concluded that even 1% water content in rock would indicate three times as much water below the Earth’s surface than oceans on its surface.

Moreover, scientists found a new ecosystem after turning over volcanic crust with an underwater robot in another scientific discovery.

It exists beneath hydrothermal vents at an undersea volcano on the East Pacific Rise off Central America. Scientists found massive worms, snails, and chemosynthetic bacteria living in 75°F water there.