Posted on 12/18/2014 1:33:29 AM PST by WhiskeyX
The world's oldest water, which is locked deep within the Earth's crust, is present at a far greater volume than was thought, scientists report.
The liquid, some of which is billions of years old, is found many kilometres beneath the ground.
Researchers estimate there is about 11m cubic kilometres (2.5m cu miles) of it - more water than all the world's rivers, swamps and lakes put together.
The study was presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
It has also been published in the journal Nature.
The team found that the water was reacting with the rock to release hydrogen: a potential food source.
It means that great swathes of the deep crust could be harbouring life.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
California will tap it AFTER requesting the TAXPAYERS to pay for it. No, not the California taxpayers but the US taxpayers.
"The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, and the waters receded from the earth continually."
Genesis 8:2-3a
The rain and fountaining lasted 40 days, and the receding took another 150 days, and that was just to the point where the tops of the mountains were seen.
“I’m pretty sure all the water on this planet is the same age.”
Some of the water on the Earth is a younger age, because the water was synthesized by biochemical reactions after the formation of the Earth.
...brand new water, made out of old recycled atoms. ;-)
Are you assuming a topography similar to what we have today,
or perhaps you have left open the possibility that the land masses were a lot more “level” - no big deeps, no high plains or mountains...
Actually, if the earth were “level” today, it would be totally covered with the water that is currently on the surface.
Ah... but some water has been through kidneys, and some has not... :)
Similar topography. Large geographical changes take a very long time. (with respect to mankind)
Uniformitarian assumptions.
I can’t argue with your assumptions.
Have a nice day.
Just curious...how did you come to that answer?
And I can’t argue with your Catastrophism.
Have a nice day.
Do you think that part might be an allegory?
Well, first I assumed the earth’s radius is about 4,000 miles (got that number from google).
I subtracted the volume of a sphere of radius 4000 miles from the volume of a sphere of 4002 miles (water two miles deep on existing surface).
This came to about 402,000,000 cubic miles.
Then I made a mistake converting to cubic feet, and SHOULD have gotten 5.922EE19 cubic feet, which at 7.48 gallons/cubic foot would result in 4.42EE20 Gallons, instead of my previous answer.
So, the “correct” answer would actually be even more than my original computation indicated.
So, a lot of water...
:)
Yes. Quite a bit.
I don’t think so. Reptiles need to spend at least PART of the time out of the water...
;-)
Hugh Beaumont! Isn’t that the Beav’s dad?
Gotta love when the Bible says “with God all things are possible” and then science provides an example. As Genesis states, God did use the water under the mantle to flood the earth.
Realizing skeptics & atheists will deny even the remotest possibility. For believer’s it only adds more breath to His magnificent creation.
I believe in God and creation. I don’t think the Bible is the literal truth. Seeking truth is honoring God.
Well, of course.
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