[Rockhounds] Massive ocean discovered beneath the Earth's crust containing more water than on the surface

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

It feels like there have been staggering science
<https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/> stories emerging every other day
recently, all of which have blown our tiny little minds.

First, there was the discovery of a terrifying black hole
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pointing
right at us, then there was a huge hole found in the sun
<https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/sun-hole-solar-winds-earth-2659713729>
and
a missing continent found
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after
going missing for 375 years.

Now, people are only just realising that there’s a massive ocean hidden
under the Earth <https://www.indy100.com/topic/earth>’s crust.
It turns out there’s a huge supply of water 400 miles underground stored in
rock known as 'ringwoodite'.
Scientists previously discovered that water is stored inside mantle rock in
a sponge-like state, which isn’t a liquid, solid or a gas, but instead a
fourth state.
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/ocean-beneath-earth-crust-ringwoodite-2664497668