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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.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070227-ocean-asia.html
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Typical sensationalist headlines... I suppose 'mantle volatiles suspected- nowt new there' won't bring in the readers quite the same though eh?
Even the scientist in charge says it's not an ocean:
"It isn't an ocean. [The water] is a very low percentage [of the rock], probably less than 0.1 percent."
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Geologists are gneiss!!
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Huge Underground "Ocean" Found Beneath Asia
Submitted by senua on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 20:58.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.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070227-ocean-asia.html