Scientists announced that they discovered a large amount of water for the first time in the depths of the ice sheet covering Antarctica.
IT IS IN THE FORM OF WET SPONGE
In the study published in the journal Science, it was calculated that if the water in the form of wet sponges in the deep layers of 100 square kilometers in the western part of Antarctica were separated, a lake at a depth of 220 to 820 meters could be formed.
It was noted that the research team applied a technique called magnetotelluric imaging with geophysical instruments placed directly on the surface for 6 weeks to detect groundwater beneath glaciers.
NO DETAILED IMAGING HAS BEEN MADE SO FAR
“People assumed there might be deep groundwater in these sediments, but until now no one has been able to get detailed imaging,” Chloe Gustafson of the University of California San Diego Scripps Institute, lead author of the study, told CNN. she used the phrase.
The co-author of the study, Associate Professor Kerry Key of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, shared the information that they imaged from the ice bed to about 5 kilometers and even deeper.
In the study, which pointed out that the groundwater system reveals an unexplored part of the region, it was noted that more studies should be done to understand the effects of the related discovery, especially with regard to the climate crisis and rising sea levels. (AA)