Idiots in science: "the transition zone, might have as much water as all the world's oceans put together"

One hundred and fifty years ago, in Journey to the Centre of the Earth, French science-fiction forerunner Jules Verne pictured a vast sea that lay deep under our planet's surface.

Idiots in science: "the transition zone, might have as much water as all the world's oceans put together" Art-Graham-Pearson-diamond-1-620x349

Idiots in science: "the transition zone, might have as much water as all the world's oceans put together" Art-Graham-Pearson-diamond-1-620x349

Today, that strange and haunting image has found an unexpected echo in a scientific paper.

That particular zone in the Earth, the transition zone, might have as much water as all the world's oceans put together.

Writing in the journal Nature, scientists said they had found an elusive mineral pointing to the existence of a vast reservoir deep in Earth's mantle, 400 to 600 kilometres beneath our feet.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/earth-has-a-secret-reservoir-of-water-scientists-say-20140313-34nel.html#ixzz2vnQE2gSq

Idiots in science: "the transition zone, might have as much water as all the world's oceans put together"

Idiots in science: "the transition zone, might have as much water as all the world's oceans put together"

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