Rough diamond hints at vast quantities of water inside Earth

[PeteC]

Seems it could be a source of fresh water for future generations when we have the technology to get it out. Pete

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014 ... h-wet-zone

"A small, battered diamond found in the gravel strewn along a shallow riverbed in Brazil has provided evidence of a vast "wet zone" deep inside the Earth that could hold as much water as all the world's oceans put together.

The water is not sloshing around inside the planet, but is held fast within minerals in what is known as the Earth's transition zone, which stretches from 410 to 660km (250-400 miles) beneath the surface......"

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[Frank La Rue]

I encourage you all to read the two novels "Flood" and "Arc" by british (Science) fiction author Stephen Baxter. You might reconsider the advantage of this water.

Many of his other novels are equally exellent btw, Evolution (very draining read - but provides the ultimate persepctive on your and anyone's life) and Proxima