Unusual: they find a huge ocean under the earth’s crust which has much more water on the surface

In another impressive discovery of the scientific community, specialists have discovered a huge ocean below Earth’s crust It contains more water than what is seen on the surface. Actually the huge reserve houses more than 600 kilometers of that element of life In nail oscillate known as “ringwoodite”. And it is that in recent times the discoveries of space have overwhelmed us in this 2023, since amazing studies emerge every day that reveal even more about our own planet and other stars in the space.

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As we remember, the events that marked the beginning of the year are: black holes detected in the far reaches of space, the enormous “gap” In the sun, the second blue hole more the largest in the world mexican ribs, he “mini neptune” with oceans inside and the project of Juice heading for Jupiter and their moons in search of the liquid seas.

A huge ocean hidden under the crust

The discoveries don’t stop and now the community is sharing that there is a huge ocean hidden under the earth’s crust, an event that mark fully 2023 however carries in itself. Exactly 643,738 kilometers long, this element is found underground in the deepest layers of our planet, stored in a rock known as “ringwoodite”. There ringwoodite East a mineral of the class of nesosilicates, and inside that belongs to the so-called “olivine group”. In itself, scientists have detected that the water that is stored there is in a strange state spongy state, which It is neither liquid, nor solid, nor gaseous… but he comes to surprise us with a fourth state of matter

Agree with the scientific article title “Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle”, in Spanish “Dehydration melting in the upper part of the lower mantle”, ringwoodite It’s like a sponge that absorbs water and in fact they point out that there is something very special about its crystal structure, which allows it to attract hydrogen And catch water, at least that’s what they explain to us in the letter published in 2014, in which the few finds were first exhibited. Also, according to geophysicist Steve Jacobsen – who then exposed the new event – this mineral can contain a lot of water under the conditions deep mantle

Steve Jacobsen, who was part of the team responsible for the discovery, added that we finally see evidence of a water cycle in all the To land, which may help explain A huge amount of liquid water What’s on the surface of OUR habitable planet. The scientists it’s been decades I’m looking for that lack of deep water”. Now, the community has been able to study this discovery closely and dig deeper into the subject through recent research that has been done on the earthquake. Here, seismometers were found to pick up shock waves below the surface of our star It was from there that they were able to establish that the water was “held” in the ringwoodite rock.

In fact, if the rock had only 1 percent of water inside, that would mean that there is thrice more water below the surface of our planet than in the Earth’s oceans. Now our scientists will be able to continue their research and delve into this fourth state of matter in the lifeblood and how it is made. “is stored” in the inner layers of our star.

Author: Adriana Juarez
Source: El Heraldo De Mexico