Water Isolated for Over a Billion Years Found Under Ontario

ananyo writes "Scientists working 2.4 kilometers below Earth's surface in a Canadian mine have tapped a source of water that has remained isolated for at least a billion years. The researchers say they do not yet know whether anything has been living in it all this time, but the water contains high levels of methane and hydrogen — the right stuff to support life. Micrometer-scale pockets in minerals billions of years old can hold water that was trapped during the minerals' formation. But no source of free-flowing water passing through interconnected cracks or pores in Earth's crust has previously been shown to have stayed isolated for more than tens of millions of years (paper abstract)."

Comments

It is time

[Sparticus789]

If you need me, I will be in my hermetically sealed Doomsday Bunker, just in case a vicious and contagious disease emerges.

Re:It is time

[ArcadeMan]

...the LHC makes black holes. - Samantha Wright

Re:It is time

[kryliss]

That's a bunch of crap, that water can't be any older than 6,000 years old!!!

Re:It is time

[Samantha Wright]

You are dead to me, ArcadeMan. Dead to me.

3. Profit

[Bosconian]

Bottle it.
Then sell it at $50 a pop with dubious claims about health benefits.

"Billioneia Aquifer" - You can taste the years.

Re:3. Profit

[EGenius007]

Pfft, you obviously need to sell the homeopathic version that's been diluted 10,000x to be even more effective.

Re:Ontario - Canada's fat, lazy province

[StrangeBrew]

Alberta isn't 'digging' for oil. We are slowly separating British Columbia from the mainland. This will accomplish two things: 1) Provide Alberta with it's own seaports. 2) Ensure those B.C. hippies are physically isolated from the rest of the country.