bogeyman
23rd December 2014, 19:52
"A new study suggests the Earth may have made its own water deep within its crust, as well as receiving the vital substance from extraterrestrial objects such as icy comets.
A team of researchers revealed evidence of an unknown geochemical pathway used by the Earth to sequester water deep within, releasing small amounts through plate tectonics in a process that feeds our oceans "from within," Ohio State University reported."
http://www.hngn.com/articles/53466/20141219/earth-may-have-created-its-own-water-deep-within-and-theres-still-enough-there-to-fill-the-pacific.htm
Water being so essential to life it is important as to it origins.
A team of researchers revealed evidence of an unknown geochemical pathway used by the Earth to sequester water deep within, releasing small amounts through plate tectonics in a process that feeds our oceans "from within," Ohio State University reported."
http://www.hngn.com/articles/53466/20141219/earth-may-have-created-its-own-water-deep-within-and-theres-still-enough-there-to-fill-the-pacific.htm
Water being so essential to life it is important as to it origins.