Massive Ocean Discovered Beneath Earth’s Crust Containing More Water Than on Surface
It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny little minds.
First, there was the discovery of a terrifying black hole pointing right at us, then there was a huge hole found in the sun and a missing continent found after going missing for 375 years.
Now, people are only just realising that there’s a massive ocean hidden under the Earth’s crust.
It turns out there’s a huge supply of water 400 miles underground stored in rock known as ‘ringwoodite’.
Scientists previously discovered that water is stored inside mantle rock in a sponge-like state, which isn’t a liquid, solid or gas, but instead a fourth state.
The scientific paper titled ‘Dehydration Melting at the Top of the Lower Mantle’ was published in 2014 and laid out the findings.
