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Pockets of Water May Lay Deep Below Earth's Surface (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: Small pockets of water exist deep beneath Earth's surface, according to an analysis of diamonds belched from hundreds of kilometers within our planet. The work, which also identifies a weird form of crystallized water known as ice VII, suggests that material may circulate more freely at some depths within Earth than previously thought. Geophysical models of that flow, which ultimately influences the frequency of earthquakes driven by the scraping of tectonic plates at Earth's surface, may need to be substantially tweaked, scientists say. Such models also help scientists estimate the long-term rates of heat flow through Earth's surface and into space.
from that ice-nine.
Yes, geologists and geophysicists are well-known for being greedy and money-grubbing. After all, everyone knows they selected those fields just to make a quick buck.
You are welcome on my lawn.
I wonder how long it'll take for this to make the rounds on creationist websites, and similar silliness.
Liberty - Security - Laziness - Pick any two.
Can we use that data to search for water on mars more accurately ?
See, this kind of ad hominem attack convinces me that this is a made up story. After all, there is nothing in the Bible to support such fanciful tales.
If you are going to write headlines, let's use good English. Water does not *lay* deep below the surface. That's a transitive verb and requires an object of the laying, like an egg. The water in question, if it exists, *lies* below the surface, like good intransitive water is wont to do.
"He took a duck in the face at 250 knots." -- William Gibson, Pattern Recognition
Just as long as it isn't Ice Nine, I guess we're all safe!
We shouldn't mess with what's in the ground too or redistribute heat.
We still just have one earth and the less we destroy the better.
But we survive underground as the world turns into an ice ball!
There's 2 kinds of geologist: The kind you see squatting down on the Discovery Channel pointing at strata on an exposed piece of rock, and the ones hired by oil & mining corporations (who are definitely not the academic paupers people like to picture)
But "may lay" rhymes and we know that it is important to rhyme in headlines.
It's a leftover Fremen cistern from the days when sandworms ruled!
The headline was copied from TFA, which is a geology article. Did you really expect the Dirt People to know anything about basic grammar, spelling, or sentence structure?
I knew flat earth was a scam. Thanks NASA
No good comes of that.
But we survive underground as the world turns into an ice ball!
No, as the oceans rise we survive by developing techniques to pump more water deep underground.
About time!
By the way, the earth isn't flat and climate change is caused primarily by humans since more than a century now.
That said, while this might be fun for those writing SF and Fantasy, in thinking about what life might "exist" in underground domains, it's still highly unlikely that it will replace us. That's AI killer robots job.
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Elon decides that the Boring Company can sell bottled water, too.
I don’t know what a geologist gets paid these days....but a hundred or hundred fifty years ago, some of them made absolute fortunes doing large scale surveys in the US and around the world.
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Sounds like something to help with our drinking water shortages of late....
Let's get a drillin!
can't tell if you are a Russian troll or just a clueless alt-righty who thinks everyone is out against them. not that there is much difference between Russian, communist trolls and the alt-right people these days. both want to destroy democracy.
Unlike your uninformed, uneducated, conspiracy theory opinion, this article discusses actual findings and facts.
If you have access to The Curiosity Stream, or if you can find it else where, you should watch the Wizard of H20. It is about Alain Gachet who figured out a way to use satellite images to find deep water aquifers. Using his technique his has been right 98% of the time.
He is very couscous about making sure the aquifers are sustainable and will recharge. I've added him to my list of hero's to worship.
The documentary actually entities that don't want him to find water for people. They actually think its better to let refugees die of thrust that find them water. Sometimes I wonder if coming out of the trees was such a good ideal after all.
I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.
What do those pockets of water lay? Or do you mean lie? Did you mean they lie deep below the earth's surface? Surely, that makes more sense, because pockets of water never really lay anything. Or do you just not know the difference?
"They actually think its better to let refugees die of thirst that find them water."
In Arizona, on the Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Refuge some 50 miles from the border, they shut down wells so migrants can't use them.
The next thing I will be told is is if I drill a hole in my backyard I will reach a point where I can pump up relatively clean water? Like some kind of well?
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
But that's only two ices away from Ice-Nine!!
Downmodding is the refuge of the weak. Don't downmod, make a better argument!
If I had mod points I'd down vote you so hard right now.
I'm glad I'm not the only one pulling out my hair.
I don't think a water softener would remove solid rock from your water.
I am waiting for Ice IX
I've read multiple articles stating that ringwoodite contains enough water in the mantle as on the surface of the planet - oceans and all!!
Which BTW, does kinda make sense when you think about it. Earth was formed in orbit around the Sun (as all planets) via an accretion disk. So all that dust and debris would be not in any particular order. Over time, gravitation forces and tectonic activity would pull all the heavier elements toward the core, and lighter gasses would rise to the surface (see our atmosphere). Water is no different. If locked up in rock, it would belch out as water vapor through volcanism and other tectonic forces.
Just a wild guess here, but it's not inconceivable to think that in another billions years or so, our planet will turn into a Water World. And sorry, no, there will not be a Kevin Costner around.
Life is not for the lazy.
He is very couscous about making sure the aquifers are sustainable and will recharge.
This man is a Middle-Eastern grain dish?
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But Couscous is very tasty!
OMG! Satellites cannot "see' below the top 30 cm of soil. Deep aquifers! How are even allowed on this site? Do you work for that lying Scottish firm that claims this nonsense?
OMG! Satellites cannot "see' below the top 30 cm of soil. Deep aquifers! How are even allowed on this site? Do you work for that lying Scottish firm that claims this nonsense?
Sometimes, I do hate it when I've got mod points. I have to read idiots like this.
Watch the documentary, it had details on how it work. Here is a link to a article that has some details on the process.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/french-geologist-alain-gachet-says-new-water-divining-technique-could-alleviate-drought-all-over-the-a6796516.html/
I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.
This man is a Middle-Eastern grain dish?
Spell-checkers are sometimes more trouble than they are worth. But on the other hand, I might have found dinner this weekend.
I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.
With water available, and enough technology to reach it, maybe he can build a base on that planet.
Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
A large part of the great Noah's flood came from below.
See, this kind of ad hominem attack convinces me that this is a made up story. After all, there is nothing in the Bible to support such fanciful tales.
Bullshit. There is enough odd verbiage in the Bible to support any tale imaginable.
And then some.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Why? duckintheface is completely correct.
Bullshit. There is enough odd verbiage in the Bible to support any tale imaginable.
Did you know that unicorns are in the bible? You really want to fuck^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hhave fun with a creationist. Go to one of their "museums" and get them talking about the dinosaurs, which are not in the bible. Then ask them where the unicorns are, which are in the bible.
I swear I could practically hear the gears stripping in his head.
I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.
+1
I use satellite all the time to find minerals tens of meters under the surface of the earth. Try again when you actually know how to utilize satellites.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
Why don't you shut up you fat retard
Yeah Thomas Gold would not have been surprised. But that's because physicists have first principles and draw conclusions from them and think about what is possible. "Geo"-types (and esp. Bio-types) aren't scientists in the sense that physicists are rather they are collectors continually surprised by the unexpectedness the world presents them with.
"Consensus" in science is _always_ a political construct.
I knew it! Deep Water is lurking there, trying to prevent our Dear Leader, the Big Giant Orange Head, from achieving his Right Thinking goals and objectives!