Diamond Suggests Presence of Water Deep Within Earth 48
sciencehabit writes "A 40 micrometer crystal trapped inside a diamond unearthed by magma in Brazil could help settle a long-standing debate about the amount of water in Earth's mantle. Spectroscopic analysis reveal that the crystal contains hydrogen-oxygen bonds, which suggests it's composed of at least 1.4% water. The place where the diamond was produced--Earth's lower mantle--may not be typical of the entire lower mantle, but if it is then there could be a lot of water down there. This would be important, as changes in the temperature in the mantle could cause it to expel highly pressurized steam, which could lead to volcanic eruptions."
Re:A better article (Score:2, Funny)
I have one word for your feeble heart, infidel: Cthulhu.
This should be amusing. (Score:4, Funny)
This is really obscure - it might take a couple of months, but I predict that this is at some point going to be noticed by creationists who will then read the summary (not the paper of course, just the summary) and proudly declare that this is where the water from the great flood disappeared to.
Re:A better article (Score:4, Funny)
"This sample really provides extremely strong confirmation that there are local wet spots deep in the Earth in this area,"
Did they have to roll it around in flour to find out? Just wondering.