50 Years Ago, Researchers Discovered A Leak In Earth’s Oceans

The oceans of the world may be gradually shrinking, leaking slowly away into the Earth’s mantle…. Although the oceans are constantly being slowly augmented by water carried up from Earth’s interior by volcanic activity … some process such as sea-floor spreading seems to be letting the water seep away more rapidly than it is replaced.

According to a study published on Monday in Nature Geoscience, the Earth's core may be reversing direction on a regular cycle.

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