Some scientific discoveries and achievements have captivated the world. From a massive black hole to South Korean fusion reactor reaching highest-ever temperature, these staggering discoveries have blown our tiny little mind.
And now, another scientific news has been gaining traction on social media about a massive ocean hidden under the Earth’s crust. The water is stored 700 kilometres below the surface of the Earth in a rock known as ringwoodite. This subterranean reservoir is three times the volume of all the planet’s surface oceans combined.
The findings have been presented in detail in a 2014 scientific paper titled ‘Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle’. It also presented the unique properties of ringwoodite.
“The ringwoodite is like a sponge, soaking up water, there is something very special about the crystal structure of ringwoodite that allows it to attract hydrogen and trap water,” geophysicist Steve Jacobsen, a key member of the discovery team, had said at the time.
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