Posted on 11/12/2017 4:53:54 PM PST by BenLurkin
It's called the "shadow zone" and it lies around two kilometres below the surface in an ocean abyss where trapped water dates back to the fourth century. This ancient water, which is between 1000 and 2000 years old, dates back to when the ancient Germanic tribe the Goths instigated the end of the Western Roman Empire and the rise of Medieval Europe.
Lying in a 6000km by 2000km patch of the North Pacific Ocean between 1km and 2.5km below the surface, the shadow zone's reason for existence has remained a mystery until now.
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"Abyssal ocean overturning shaped by sea floor distribution" explains that the zone has barely any vertical movement because factors prevent it from rising. The zone lies between rising currents caused by the rough topography and geothermal heat sources below 2.5km and the shallower wind driven currents closer to the surface.
"When this isolated shadow zone traps millennia old ocean water it also traps nutrients and carbon which have a direct impact on the capacity of the ocean to modify climate over centennial timescales," said the paper's fellow author Dr Fabien Roquet of Stockholm University.
(Excerpt) Read more at qt.com.au ...
They count the rings.
They really need a life down under. Go out and look for some mushrooms instead of wasting ink on this inane, superfluous drivel.
Rooskie water, held hostage by Trump for future profit.
Thanks.
Traps carbon, but is detrimental to the climate? These guys are blaming everything for climate change
Naah, no reason to be upset with the relabeling.
BCE = Before Christian Era.
CE = Christian Era.
:-)
Way to throw your entire study into the fringe kook file, dumbass!
If I had to guess it would be based on radiocarbon dating of recovered fish or other deep ocean life that died when the overturning mentioned happened (overturning as I understand it happens when an oxygen depleted layer swaps place with and oxygenated layer ... so the critters suffocate and if the water is also cold ordinary decay may not happen). It may also be related to some change in the topography from an event they think they can date ... but the article did mention carbon dating so....
And thus the urgent need for more grant money...
No fluoride!
No fluoride!
There are FDA mandatory content lables required for each molecule of H2O now. That may be where they found the date of manufacture. I always check it when I use a public water fountain, nothing like getting a mouth full of outdated water. But seriously, isn’t all water really millions of years old?
you put it in a glass place it on the table and wait a few hours come back and count its rings it left
Quick, someone convince me that there is “new” water on this planet.
That is no doubt why he threw that sop in for “climatechange” but it will degrade his study’s credibility over time.
What happened in AD400 that “trapped” the water?
My guess would be some form of isotopes.
Not sure if your question is in jest or not - but it is a great question IMHO!
No, not in jest. I was wondering what changed that suddenly water was trapped if that makes sense. Like maybe earthquake or something.
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