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Posted by chshkt
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February 27, 2007
A giant blob of water the size of the Arctic Ocean has been discovered hundreds
of miles beneath eastern Asia, scientists report.
Researchers found the underground "ocean" while scanning seismic waves as
they passed through Earth's interior.
But nobody will be exploring this sea by submarine. The water is locked in
moisture-containing rocks 400 to 800 miles (700 to 1,400 kilometers) beneath the
surface.
"I've gotten all sorts of emails asking if this is the water that burst out
in Noah's flood," said the leader of the research team, Michael Wysession of
Washington University in St. Louis.
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