The 6 most mind-blowing facts about Earth you probably didn’t know
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- 25 Apr 2023
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It feels like there’s been a mind-blowing science story coming our way every other day in 2023.
The emergence of new artificial intelligence, asteroids narrowly passing by our planet and the search for alien life.
However, it’s the stories a little closer to home which have captured our interest the most.
It feels like we’re discovering more about Earth and the natural world than ever before and we’ve had our perceptions of the world around us changed more than once in 2023.
These are the 6 most mind-blowing facts about the Earth you probably didn’t know that have emerged so far this year.
Massive ocean discovered beneath the Earth's crust
Did you know there’s more water buried beneath the Earth’s crust than there is in all the oceans on the surface?
It turns out there’s a huge supply of water 400 miles underground stored in rock known as 'ringwoodite'. Scientists previously discovered that water is stored inside mantle rock in a sponge-like state, which isn’t a liquid, solid or a gas, but instead a fourth state.
Scientists made the findings at the time after studying earthquakes and discovering that seismometers were picking up shockwaves under the surface of the Earth. Read More…
