New research shows how water is transferred into our planet's interior
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 06:31
in Earth & Climate
The Earth's interior could contain more than three times the amount of water in all our oceans combined, existing within the structures of silicate materials that are stable at the prevailing conditions deep inside the Earth. New research from ETH Zürich has helped to elucidate exactly how deep water gets transported into the Earth's interior.