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The Earth’s oceans are gradually leaking into the interior of the planet.<\/p>
That’s according to new research by Norwegian scientists, who told New Scientist<\/em><\/a> that the Earth’s water is slowly draining into the planet’s crust — though nowhere near fast enough to cancel out the sea level rises we’re currently experiencing because of climate change.<\/p> The new research, published<\/a> in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, <\/em>found that the rate at which the oceans are draining into the Earth spiked about 150 million years ago — when the supercontinent Pangaea split up.<\/p> “You have much more rapid subduction when you break up a supercontinent,” University of Oslo researcher Krister Karlsen told New Scientist<\/em>. “The rapid subduction is crucial for bringing water in hydrated rock deep into the mantle.”<\/p> At their current rate, according to New Scientist<\/em>, the oceans will be completely sucked dry in about 12 billion years.<\/p> But that doesn’t mean there’s any cause for concern, the magazine points out: the Sun itself will be long gone by then.<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> The oceans are very slowly draining into the rock below Earth’s crust<\/a> [New Scientist<\/i>]<\/p> More on the oceans: <\/strong>Diver Reaches Record Ocean Depth — and Finds a Plastic Bag<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post New Research: The Oceans Are Slowly Leaking Into the Earth<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Continue reading here: Drain Plug The Earth\u2019s oceans are gradually leaking into the interior of the planet. Continue reading Rapid Subduction<\/h2>
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