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Water found below earth's surface could be a billion years old
QMI Agency ^ | May 15, 2013

Posted on 05/16/2013 7:37:23 AM PDT by rickmichaels

Scientists have found a source of water 2.4 km below the earth's surface near Timmins, Ont., that's believed to be at least a billion years old.

The water was found by geochemists from the University of Manchester and the discovery was published in the journal Nature.

The scientists don't know if the underground water contains any living creatures, but said it's high in methane and hydrogen, which could support life.

They found the water in the 2.7-billion-year-old sulphide deposits in a zinc and copper mine near the northern Ontario city.

Previously, no known free-flowing water passing through the cracks in the Earth's crust has remained isolated for such a long period of time.

Scientists used three types of evidence to determine the water's age, based on the noble gases in the water.


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To: Youngman542012
Bottle it and sell it...there are suckers that will pay a lot for that crap...more than oil I bet...

Next thing ya know, you'll want to sell me a pet rock. :-)

21 posted on 05/16/2013 7:55:46 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: rickmichaels

SOUNDS LIKE A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TO ME!....Bottle it!.....


22 posted on 05/16/2013 7:58:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: knarf

Boil it and the stink goes away........


23 posted on 05/16/2013 7:59:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: yldstrk

“there are a lot of dumbkoffs in this world”

Well, you can’t really blame them — While the Japanese and Chinese students are rigorously learning Math and Science, the liberal education system in the US is ensuring that our little darlings know how to put a condom on a cucumber and take birth control pills — We shouldn’t bother the youngsters with such serious academic discussion that would make them “smarter consumers” or “more informed citizens.”


24 posted on 05/16/2013 8:00:44 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: Nailbiter

I’ll drill a 2-3 km hole for a trillion.

Not all university research is publicly funded; much of it is paid for by the university; it’s how they justify not reducing tuition while they sit on huge endowments.


25 posted on 05/16/2013 8:02:08 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Red Badger

“Boil it and the stink goes away........”

Does that work on politicians as well?


26 posted on 05/16/2013 8:02:15 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: rickmichaels

Shania Twain’s home town.


27 posted on 05/16/2013 8:03:31 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: areukiddingme1

It’s worth a try.


28 posted on 05/16/2013 8:04:32 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (President Obama; The Slumlord of the Rentseekers)
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To: yldstrk
all water is a billion years old geniuses, it is the same water, cycling cycling since the earth was created.....

For the most part, yes. You get it. There may be a little bit of oxidized liberated hydrogen out there that is relatively recent, but most of it has been around, evaporating, condensing, and making the trip back to where it evaporates again for a long time.

29 posted on 05/16/2013 8:05:07 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: rickmichaels

But according to some freepers, the earth ain’t even half that old!!!


30 posted on 05/16/2013 8:05:16 AM PDT by stuartcr ("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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To: yldstrk

HA...that was MY first thought....who the heck are these idiots?


31 posted on 05/16/2013 8:10:24 AM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: rickmichaels

Aquafers have been around for a long time everywhere.


32 posted on 05/16/2013 8:14:39 AM PDT by edcoil (If you can't change the rules, then ignore them.)
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To: stuartcr

Some even say 6000 years.


33 posted on 05/16/2013 8:17:56 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: areukiddingme1

If you boil them in oil........


34 posted on 05/16/2013 8:18:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: rickmichaels

That be nothing,,, I have some dirt and rocks older than that . .


35 posted on 05/16/2013 8:18:06 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: rickmichaels
"Gods, they've discovered our secret."


36 posted on 05/16/2013 8:20:19 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (For me, I plan to die standing as a free man rather than spend one second on my knees as a slave.)
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To: New Jersey Realist

I know


37 posted on 05/16/2013 8:22:04 AM PDT by stuartcr ("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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To: rickmichaels

Age of water? So it wasn’t all formed at the same time in the early history of the Earth?


38 posted on 05/16/2013 8:22:24 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Pi$$ed off yet?)
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To: rickmichaels
How does water exist in liquid form underground where, according to Al Gore, the temperature is "several millions of degrees"?

"Most people don't know that," adds Al, who's smarter than most people.

39 posted on 05/16/2013 8:23:59 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: rickmichaels

Holy evapotranspiration!


40 posted on 05/16/2013 8:24:34 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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