The giant ocean under the Earth's crust is discovered, but in a fourth physical state

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The giant ocean under the Earth's crust is discovered, but in a fourth
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First a black hole was discovered headed our way, then a huge hole in the sun was found, and a vanished continent was found after being missing for 375 years. People are realizing day by day that this huge universe has revealed a very small part of it.

Now, people are just realizing that there is a massive ocean hidden beneath the Earth's crust.

Recently it turned out that there is a large supply of water 400 miles underground is stored in a rock known as "ringwoodite".

Scientists previously discovered that water is stored within the mantle rock in a sponge-like state, which is not a liquid, solid or gas, but rather a fourth state.

The scientific paper titled "Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle" was published in 2014 and presented the findings.

"Ringwoodite is like a sponge, absorbing water, there's something very special about the crystal structure of ringwood that allows it to attract hydrogen and trap water," geophysicist Steve Jacobsen said at the time.

"This mineral can contain a lot of water under deep mantle conditions," added Jacobsen, who was part of the team behind the discovery.

He added: "I think we're finally seeing evidence for an Earth-wide water cycle that could help explain the vast amount of liquid water on the surface of our habitable planet. Scientists have been looking for this water depth that has been missing for decades."

Scientists made the findings at the time after studying earthquakes and discovering that seismometers were picking up shock waves beneath the Earth's surface.

From this, they were able to prove that water was being held in the rock known as ringwoodite.


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