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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScientists have discovered a sea of fresh water under the ocean
https://qz.com/1650613/scientists-discover-sea-of-fresh-water-under-the-ocean/amp/As told in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports, scientists from Columbia University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution spent 10 days on a research ship towing electromagnetic sensors from New Jersey to Massachusetts. By measuring the way electromagnetic waves traveled through fresh and saline water, researchers mapped out fresh-water reservoirs for the first time.
It turns out the subterranean pools stretch for at least 50 miles off the US Atlantic coast, containing vast stores of low-salinity groundwater, about twice the volume of Lake Ontario. The deposits begin about 600 ft (183 m) below the seafloor and stretch for hundreds of miles. That rivals the size of even the largest terrestrial aquifers.
We knew there was fresh water down there in isolated places, but we did not know the extent or geometry, said lead author Chloe Gustafson, a PhD candidate at Columbia Universitys Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, according to Phys.org. It could turn out to be an important resource in other parts of the world.
The size and extent of the freshwater deposits suggest they are also being fed by modern-day runoff from landand may exist elsewhere with similar topography.
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Scientists have discovered a sea of fresh water under the ocean (Original Post)
underpants
Jun 2019
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Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)1. The ocean is a desert with its life underground...
....and the perfect disguise above...
sarabelle
(453 posts)2. Wonder who is going buy up all the shoreline and build desalination plants?
Foreign investors probably. We sell to the highest bidder whether it's in our national interest or not.
panader0
(25,816 posts)3. k and r--very interesting.
Baitball Blogger
(46,703 posts)4. Hide the maps before they use it as a toxic chemical dump site.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)5. Hopefully there's one off the CA coast
They need a new water source Arizona ant divert
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)6. K & R...for visibility...
Interesting stuff!
underpants
(182,788 posts)7. Yeah I stumble on it by accident
It was the lead video on the weather channel app. I hit the wrong button.
And yes, this is a shameless kick myself.