A photo from open sources PHOTO: “Vesti.ru” At a depth of about 700 km under the earth’s crust, scientists have discovered a giant supply of water, which is three times the volume of the oceans, reports Russian Air Force Service. The discovery belongs to researchers from Northwest University of Illinois. Scientists hope that it will shed light on the distant past of our planet and help to understand how water was formed on it. “This data confirm that water on Earth has an internal origin, “- said Dr. Stephen Jacobsen, who led the expert group. Water cannot be used for its intended purpose: water is not in that state of aggregation. “Vesti.ru” explains: water is enclosed inside a mineral called ringwood which is located between the surface of the earth and its core. In the crystal structure this element is something that allows you to store water like sponge.
A photo from open sources “The amount of water in the bowels of the earth is comparable or even a little more than the mass of water that is in the oceans. it changed our understanding of the structure of our planet, “- said another researcher Steve Jacobsen. Last year american scientists from Brown University suggested that water to Earth was brought from space. “Data prove that carbon-containing rock meteorites are a common source of volatiles on Earth and The moon, and possibly the entire solar system, “said scientists. Recent studies, according to a geologist and author Alberto Saal’s research found that up to 98% of the world’s water also comes from primitive meteorites, i.e. during Earth’s collisions transferred part of the fluid to the moon.
Dmitry Nekhoroshev
Water moon
