Scientists plan to drill all the way down to the Earth's mantle
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 11:03
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- In what can only be described as a mammoth undertaking, scientists, led by British co-chiefs, Dr Damon Teagle of the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England and Dr Benoit Ildefonse from Montpellier University in France, have announced jointly in an article in Nature that they intend to drill a hole through the Earths crust and into the mantle; a feat never before accomplished, much less seriously attempted.