Deepest water found 1000km down, a third of way to Earth's core

Posted by nickursis 7 years, 5 months ago to Science

Interesting idea, and changes some of the ideas of the water cycle.

SOURCE URL: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231014-700-deepest-water-found-1000km-down-a-third-of-way-to-earths-core/

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Posted by mminnick 7 years, 5 months ago

Scientists are finding water in the most unexpected location. On Mars and in middle earth. Next they'll find it on the Moon and Venus and the dark side of Mercury.
It may be more abundant than we think. Could bode well for interstellar exploration and life on other planets.

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  Posted by jdg 7 years, 5 months ago
  
  I hope it does not imply intelligent life there, as that would have moral implications for humans who would want to colonize.
  
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  Posted by Radio_Randy 7 years, 5 months ago
  
  Of course there's water in Middle Earth...how else would Hobbits tend to their gardens???
  
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  Posted by Olduglycarl 7 years, 5 months ago
  
  On the Sun Too!
  
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    Posted by nickursis 7 years, 5 months ago
    
    Carl...now wait a minute...components maybe...
    
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      Posted by Olduglycarl 7 years, 5 months ago
      
      +1 for questioning, to question is good.
      Latest from the Electric Universe...the stuff is everywhere...
      The sun is electric plasma and if you could get by it, say maybe into a coronal hole...with the right kind of suit, you could survive...it's no hot on the surface.
      There is a faction in the Electric universe folks that take things too far but the main theory seems to be dead on...it's an on going study but they seem to be nipping at the heals of the lamestream.
      
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        Posted by lrshultis 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        What do you mean by electric? Is it different than than in the structure of atoms and molecules where the electrons keep you from falling through the floor?
        
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        Posted by Olduglycarl 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        I believe so, Irshultis. You'll have to look up the "Electric Universe Theory" to get the specifics.
        
        There is a lot of info on the suspicious0bservers.org site.
        
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        Posted by nickursis 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        Oh, that is interesting, I will have to look them up and see.
        
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  Posted by blackswan 7 years, 5 months ago
  
  It could also indicate that there are life forms on those planets that might not mix with humans very well. Look at what happened to the Indians, and they were visited by earthlings.
  
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    Posted by nickursis 7 years, 5 months ago
    
    A common issue, which is what Stephen Hawking is always bringing up. He has been warning since Voyager that advertising is not such a great idea...
    
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      Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 5 months ago
      
      On the other hand check out a really good SF movie called The Arrival. No spectacular special effects, but thoughtful first encounter material.
      
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        Posted by nickursis 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        Thanks! I am always looking for good Sci Fi, there is such a shortage of original material....
        
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  Posted by nickursis 7 years, 5 months ago
  
  Indeed, so. If there is enough that can be made available, colonization gets a lot closer. Maybe then we can pack up and create something worth having, over our current cesspool.
  
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Posted by Temlakos 7 years, 5 months ago

This finding has implications most of you would never imagine. Though the article didn't say whether this water was liquid, or bound as hydrates.

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  Posted by nickursis 7 years, 5 months ago
  
  I would assume bound in some way, as they said: "His team has previously found evidence of massive amounts of water some 600 kilometres down, mixed in with rock." Also with temperatures going up the deeper you go, I would say it would have to be in some form of a gas or definitely tied or bound to some mineral.
  
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Posted by Thoritsu 7 years, 5 months ago

Interesting stuff. Thanks!

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Posted by johnpe1 7 years, 5 months ago

that's a big difference -- from the Marianas Trench
at 6.7 miles deep to this at 621 miles deep. . WoW. -- j
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Posted by allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago

In Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (mentioned in the article), there was an ocean near the dead center with a prehistoric sea monster in it plus a handy volcano that will ride all the way to the top and spit you out.
Okay, I know I'm all wet but this is Thanksgiving weekend an me dino goes no place on Black Friday. Me dino silly but not crazy.

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  Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 5 months ago
  
  Dino you are a definite screwball. (A word that has become passé but is very apt.) Rarely has such nuttiness been coupled with such erudition in one person. I have a feeling that if we were at a dinner table opposite one another with a nice bottle of wine, it would take us a couple of hours to just stop laughing long enough to actually say something meaningful.
  
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    Posted by allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago
    
    Or even drink the wine, though its consumption would be the point.
    
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      Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 5 months ago
      
      Why is it that I knew you'd say that?
      
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        Posted by allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        Maybe me dino not be the only screwball in the Gulch.
        
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        Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        To liberals, we're all screwy.
        After all, we don't want to be helped by big brother, so where would we all be without dependency.
        
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        Posted by allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        Well, you showed me.
        
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  Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 5 months ago
  
  Jules Verne was fun reading but not very scientific. And in his trip to Mars, he totally forgot the green cheese.
  
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    Posted by allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago
    
    You must mean the Moon for two reasons me dino can think of~
    #1 the destination of the novel
    #2 the fabled cheese location
    Even less scientific was Edgar Rice Burroughs of Tarzan fame, who his sent John Carter character to Mars.
    
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      Posted by JimboWriter 7 years, 5 months ago
      
      Burroughs also sent Tarzan to savage Pellucidar as a follow-up to his own middle earth novels, which also had seas and volcanoes. Not to mention his Carson Napier Venusian series. He wasn't much on prose but had great imagination, which our movie makers have been feasting on for decades,
      
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        Posted by allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        Me dino read many of those books as a young teenager. The very first one was Carson Of Venus thanks to irresistible Frank Frazetta illustrated soft cover. https://www.amazon.com/Carson-Venus-F...
        As for Pellucidar, I'll' never forget the prose-made visual of Tarzan in a blimp that descends into that middle earth via a big watery hole near the North Pole. http://www.ebay.com/p/?iid=3916294932...
        Do believe all these "novels" are spliced together cliffhanger serials for pulp fiction back before we had TV.
        But Edgar Rice Burroughs sparked an interest in reading when I considered what schools want me to read as merely a chore.
        Now it's all fondly recalled silly stuff.
        https://www.google.com/search?q=chess...
        
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        Posted by JimboWriter 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        my first Burroughs was Princess of Mars Those spider-like heads chasing Dejah Thoris around sure pumped my imagination.
        
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        Posted by allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        Thanks! An hour ago I thought about those spider-like heads and wondered which ERB Mars book that was in.
        
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      Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 5 months ago
      
      You're right it's the moon with green cheese, Mars has little green people.
      
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        Posted by allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago
        
        But not if you're reading Edgar Rice Burroughs.
        
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      Posted by nickursis 7 years, 5 months ago
      
      Yes, I have the whole Burroughs series on audio books, and they were free through the open source website, fun to listen to, just recorded not so great.
      
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Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 5 months ago

Water, water everywhere and some is good to drink. After all this time, there are still places on earth that we have yet to discover. If old Yaweh is real, he (it?) sure gave us a great gift when he created the earth. (Messed up a lot, otherwise.)

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Posted by wiggys 7 years, 5 months ago

do you think debeer's will now want to mine the depths of the ocean for diamonds?

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Deepest water found 1000km down, a third of way to Earth's core

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