Exploring the Hollow Earth Theory

Hey guys, it's Mike Chen. I did a video a

while ago about the hollow Earth theory,

and if you missed it, I'll put the link for you guys in my

description box.

In that video, I talked about a 2014 report where

researchers from the University of Alberta obtained a small diamond from

Brazil that contained a mineral called ringwoodite.

The ringwoodite was significant because water was trapped inside it, and

it was formed about 250 to 350

miles below the planet's surface in the so-called transition

zone between the upper and lower mantle.

This finding suggests that there's an ocean inside the Earth,

and that ocean

might have as much water as all the world's oceans put

together. Now, the theory that a vast water reservoir existing

inside the

planet is gaining more traction because two new studies suggest that there

may indeed be vast quantities of water as far as

620 miles below the surface. In the first study, researchers

from Florida State University and the University of Edinburgh estimated

that water

exists around 250 to 370 miles into the

mantle. The water is stored and transported through a high-pressure

form of

the mineral brucite. Minerals such as brucite decompose

deep in the Earth, and as they decompose, they release water, which is

recycled back to the Earth's surface via volcanic activity.

They estimate the amount of water inside the Earth is around

1.5% of the weight of the planet, which is

equal to all the oceans' waters put together.

In another study, researchers from Northwestern University

in Illinois

discovered a diamond that made its way to the surface 90

million years

ago. The diamond had an imperfection containing

minerals that became

trapped during the diamond's formation.

When researchers looked at it under the microscope, they saw evidence of the

presence of hydroxyl ions, which normally come from water.

And the nature of the imperfection suggests that the diamond

was formed in the

lower mantle. And here's the thing.

Researchers say if, if there is indeed that much water inside our

planet, and they think there is, if that water dries up then,

then we all die. Because water inside the Earth

is helping mantle convection,

which is the process in which heat is transferred from the Earth's core

to its surface. Now, if there was no water inside the Earth, then

mantle convection stops, which will bring an end to all volcanic

activities. And if all volcanic activity stop,

then planetary

activities will eventually stop as well.

You know, what's crazy is that we've been taught ever since

elementary school that

the inside of the Earth looks like this.

But did you know that the deepest we've ever gotten inside

the

Earth is only around eight miles, and everything else, everything

else is, is just a theory? So yeah, I think there could absolutely be a vast

ocean within this planet and-