Scientists have discovered massive amounts reserves of freshwater below the depths of the oceans. This provides new opportunities fight off the reoccurring worldwide crisis. A very recent study that was published December 5th in the international scientific journal nature, reveals that about 500,000 cubic kilometers of fresh water is buried deep below the seabed on continental shelves worldwide.
The water, which could possibly be used to eke out supplies throughout the world's burgeoning coastal areas, which has been located off of Australia, China, South Africa, and North America.""The volume of this water resource is a hundred times greater than the amount we've extracted from the Earth's sub-surface in the past century since 1900,"" says lead author Dr Vincent Post (pictured) of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) and the School of the Environment at Flinders University.These reserves have been forming over the past hundreds and thousands of years when on average the sea level was a lot lower than it is today, and when the coastline was also further out, Dr Post explains."So when it rained, the water would infiltrate into the ground and fill up the water table in areas that are nowadays under the sea."It happened all around the world, and when the sea level rose when ice caps started melting some 20,000 years ago, these areas were covered by the ocean.""
website:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131208085304.htm
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