Study suggests mid-mantle holds as much water as Earth's oceans

Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 07:32 in Astronomy & Space

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Japan and Germany has found evidence that suggests the middle of Earth's mantle holds as much water as the planet's oceans. In their paper published on the open access site Science Advances, the group describes their theory and their experiments to try to prove them correct.

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