Leaking Earth could run dry

BBC ^ | Wednesday, September 8, 1999

[SunkenCiv]

Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology have calculated that about 1.12 billion tonnes of water leaks into the Earth each year. Although a lot of water also moves in the other direction, not enough comes to the surface to balance what is lost. Eventually, lead researcher Shigenori Maruyama and his colleagues believe, all of it will disappear... His figures, which he describes as conservative, suggest the leakage has caused sea levels to drop by around 600 metres in the last 750 million years. This trend has been largely obscured in the geological record by shorter-term variations in sea levels.

[SunkenCiv]

"Could this possibly mean that some water remains on (in) Venus?"

Nope.

[sneakers]

All this talk about "leaking"

er, excuse me, I think I have to go to the bathroom......

[muir_redwoods]

Each day a fair amount of ice falls into the atmosphere from outer space. I have been told that house sized chunks are not uncommon. I wonder if that's enough to offset this supposed loss. Also, eventually the water has to hit a molten core. If the surface is porous enough for liquid water to seep in, it stands to reason that it is porous enough to allow water vapor to leak out where it can condense and fall as rain.

[U S Army EOD]

Speak for yourself, I am going to dig my well deeper.

[MikefromOhio]

well in that case I suggest we melt Greenland and Antarctica so that we have enough water to go around :)

[NicknamedBob]

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! *Raises hand*

I can make water!




First I'll need some beer, and then ....

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1613825/posts?page=9#9

[blam]

"Blam, do you happen to have that glacial period flood map handy?"

Sorry, I lost it a few months ago when I took my computer to the shop for a complete 'tune-up.' (I just told them to make it work right again)

[blam]

BTW, it's linked in some of the older threads. I'll try to recapture it again if it turns up.

[Dustbunny]

ROFLOL....... excellent

[Gone_Postal]

but but the global warming crowed say the oceans will rise and flood us all....I'm so confused.........

[tutstar]

ping...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

[Question_Assumptions]

If that doesn't get us first, something else will, be it the atmosphere leaking away into space, the core solidifying (and stopping the magnetic field), or some stray hunk of space dust pulverizing us. The Earth is the proverbial "all the eggs in one basket".

[satchmodog9]

Very Tom Morello like tagline. I'm sure he is a big supporter of the Islamic rage.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Interesting. I had to google the name Tom Morello, because (evidently) I'm so unhip my buns are about to fall off, and I didn't recognize it. I had heard of RATM, and that may have subconsciously influenced my tagline.

After looking at the Wikipedia entry for Morello, you are prolly very correct about his likely support of islamic rage.

[SunkenCiv]

Scientific maverick's theory on Earth's core up for a test
SF Chronicle | Monday, November 29, 2004 | Keay Davidson
Posted on 12/05/2004 2:17:28 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1294934/posts

[wyattearp]

I believe there was life there and the FACE at cydonia is real.

It's as real as any other natural geological formation.

(JPL images of the Cydonia region of Mars)

[SunkenCiv]

Red Planet's Ancient Equator Located
Scientific American (online) | April 20, 2005 | Sarah Graham
Posted on 04/24/2005 11:18:25 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1390424/posts

[Ol' Sox]