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New Evidence For Oceans of Water Deep In the Earth

Posted by samzenpus on from the there-is-water-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean dept.

techtech (2016646) writes Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of New Mexico report evidence for potentially oceans worth of water deep beneath the United States. Though not in the familiar liquid form—the ingredients for water are bound up in rock deep in the Earth's mantle—the discovery may represent the planet's largest water reservoir. This research was published in Science.

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  1. Fraking! by riverat1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This will be a new application for hydraulic fracturing to release the water from the rock.

  2. Not Sure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mineral hydration? I guess even rocks love Brawndo. It's got electrolytes. That's what rocks crave!

  3. Water? by msauve · · Score: 4, Funny

    "a hydroxyl radical (OH), which can be bound into a mineral's crystal structure."

    Oceans of water? OH, no!

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  4. Re: Ingredients for water? by relisher · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, well if several hundred kilometers is just half a mile, I'm sure we'll have no difficulty reaching the mantle