🌍🔍 Earth’s Hidden Wonder: A Secret Fact You Probably Didn’t Know! 🧐✨

[Wookie]

Did you know that beneath the Earth's surface, there’s a layer of rock called the mantle transition zone that holds vast amounts of water locked in a mineral called ringwoodite? This water isn't in liquid form but is trapped within the crystal structure of the mineral, potentially containing as much water as all the world’s oceans combined! This discovery suggests that our planet’s interior water cycle is far more complex and extensive than previously thought.

 

[Eurydyce]

I had no idea the mantle transition zone held so much water within ringwoodite. It's amazing to think there could be as much water inside the Earth as in all the world's oceans combined.