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		100pctremote on Aug 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All of Earth's water in a single sphere (2019) IIRC water in earth's mantle is magnitudes greater than the volume contained in our oceans. I think only part of Earth's H2O story is illustrated by this graphic.

dredmorbius on Aug 14, 2024 [–]

Yes, see: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41240719>

The USGS visualisation is based on a 1993 work, discovery of mantle water is later (roughly 2017).

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