In 2016, researchers made an incredible discovery deep down within a Canadian mine. They found the world’s oldest pool of water at a depth of approximately 3 kilometers or 1.8 miles. The water dates back to a stunning 2 billion years old, breaking the record for the oldest known water by at least 500 million years. The previous record was held by water found in the same mine by the same team back in 2013, which came from a depth of around 2.5 kilometers.
The mine, situated in the Timmins area of Ontario, is the deepest basal metal mine globally, as miners are excavating deeper and deeper into the Earth’s crust to find copper, zinc, and silver. When the miners dug deeper, the researchers took the opportunity to explore further into the mine. They studied the gases trapped inside the water to determine its age.
Traces of life were also found within the liquid, although the researchers have yet to find living bacteria. From their discovery, they inferred the existence of microbiology within the water over a very long time period, effectively the fingerprint of life. This finding is not only important because of the vast age of the water, but it may also help in the search for life off-world.
The fact that something has been able to survive, and indeed flourish, in water that is so old and so deep within the Earth has significant implications. It could tell us about life on Earth billions of years ago, and it could also help scientists understand whether there is any possibility of microbial life on other planets.
While rivers no longer flow on the surface of Mars, there are still pockets of water and ice under the surface. Although these are not as deep as the water discovered in Canada, it is possible that these pockets could provide the necessary conditions for microorganisms to thrive.
The researchers also found that the volume of water was much larger than anyone anticipated. It was bubbling right up out of the rock at a rate of liters per minute. Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar, who presented the discovery, emphasized that people usually assume that the water must be a tiny amount trapped within the rock. However, the reality is that the water’s volume is much larger than anticipated.
This discovery not only sheds light on the potential for microbial life on other planets but also highlights the remarkable ability of life to adapt and survive in extreme environments. The oldest water in the world might have been discovered at the bottom of a Canadian mine, but it has significant implications for the study of life and the search for extraterrestrial life.
How do you determine the age of water? Earth, itself can only be 10,000 – 15,000 years old. This can be proven by following the generations listed in the Holy Bible.
LMFAO
I’m so thankful I’m not like you Kimberly 🙄
…and I’m thankful I’m not like Barbera!
Me, as well, Kimberly.
I second Kimberly. Science bitches!!
Never known the vicar in my local church to tell me about dinosaurs in his sermons
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Superstitious people can sometimes be good for a laugh.
But doesn’t the Bible say Jesus was born in 2000 BC? That has to be older than 10 to 15000 years right? I could be wrong..
Our Calendar begins the year of Christ’s birth. He was born 2022 years ago. The year 2000 BC literally means 2000 Before Christ…
No. The Bible doesn’t give any dates for Jesus’s birth. The only thing which is mentioned is his parents had to travel to register with the Roman officials. A date, or a year could be found for that now, as historians have done research on when that happened.
The Bible does not provide the exact day or even the exact year in which Jesus was born in Bethlehem. But a close examination of the chronological details of history narrows the possibilities to a reasonable window of time.
The biblical details of Jesus’ birth are found in the Gospels. Matthew 2:1 states that Jesus was born during the days of Herod the king. Since Herod died in 4 B.C., we have a parameter to work with. Further, after Joseph and Mary fled Bethlehem with Jesus, Herod ordered all the boys 2 years old and younger in that vicinity killed. This indicates that Jesus could have been as old as 2 before Herod’s death. This places the date of His birth between 6 and 4 B.C.
I see math, as well as basic science is not your strong subject. 2,000 + 2023 = 4,023.
Yes you are……
Long before Yeshua came as Jesus over 2.000 years ago, he came in other incarnations. One was the priest Melchizedek.
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If you are using the bible for your historical data, how do you explain coal, dinosaurs or other carbon dated artifacts?
The Day in ancient scriptures can be translated as an eon, therefore even the Bibles says God created the earth in 6 days it means 6 eons.
Bull
Your ignorance, Barbara, is truly stunning. Thanks for putting it on display, so that it can be avoided.
Bless your heart….
You have GOT to be kidding!
Wow! can’t believe everything you read. The bible is one big tabloid, do you believe the stories in those too?
Absolute twaddle from an adult fantasy book.
Science is true, regardless of this human written book you speak of.”
With an ignorant, uninformed comment like that, you’re leaving yourself open to some much deserved criticism- even ridicule.
You’re joking, right?
It’s called Carbon 14 testing or another isotope. They measure the ratio of 2 isotopes and know the ratio of the two in living things. Not that difficult and been proven reliable and repeatable. As science is always.
So you are happy to trust the calculations of men ( let’s face it it was men) who based upon oral history and myth estimated the age of the earth essentially upon heresay from what is essentially a very biased worldview promoted by clerics who lived thousands of years ago in part to bolster their own positions politically and to espouse the superiority of one tribe over another with an “ our god is better than your god “ policy which again sought to give power to the clerical members of said tribe but you will not trust the scientists who are working to find out facts the likes of which will lead to a better understanding of the universe, using the same scientific approach that have led to you being able to espouse your “ beliefs “ for that is all they are, on your phone or computer which are a direct result of the scientific approach that you mock
in the bible a day to God could be 100thousand years to us or more.. when God said to adam becasue you have disobeyed and ate from the tree of Knowledge this day you will die.. adam was 960 years old when he died
Read Genesis 1 again. Before God speaks this Age into existence in verse 3 the water and the ground that appeared when the water was gathered to once place is already there. The age of the earth is not made known in Scripture. Biblical dating of the earth from Jewish Ancestry is an errant interpretation of Scripture. Ezekiel 28 reveals The Garden of Eden as the place where the Serpent once once an anointed guardian Cherub and that Earth as the place that the Serpent was cast down after he was corrupted by his pride. This is also made known in Revelation 12. These things all took place before verse 3. The Hebrew and Christian canons reveal God’s plan in this Age which Jesus, The Christ referred to as Today.
All religions have been created by man. The various books of the bible were written approximately 700 years after the “events” occurred. Prior iterations of the bible were heavily redacted by popes, kings & ecclesiastical canons. Over 30,000 changes were made, of which more than 5,000 represent differences between the Greek text used for the Revised Version and that used as the basis of the King James Version. Most of the other changes were made in the interest of consistency or modernization.. Translations of the bible contain multiple interpretations and errors that occurred when being copied. These stories of the bible are just that – stories. Not all stories are true & get embellished by the author for various reasons. Remember history was written by the victors. Enjoy your bible stories at home or houses of worship, not in public forums.
WHERE is this place?????
Such a report is hollw, empty, meaningless if the bare necessary facts are not given!!!!
Canada and you can look up more info on this subject. I think it’s fascinating and am going to check it out more right now ❤
All water on the Earth is the same age, approximately six billion years.
What was the PH of the water, and temperature?
The Kid Creek Mine is in Timmins Ontario (Northern Ontario). I agree, I would like a little more geography indicated in these articles but I do a bit of homework and fill in the blanks.
Kidd Creek is in Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
I agree that the article didn’t clearly state the place. I didn’t know and I live in Ontario.
Kidd Creek Copper and Zinc Mine, Ontario, Canada
Perhaps you should read the article.
That’s because the last dinosaurs died out millions of years before humans appeared on the Earth.
If scientists are so smart, why aren’t they wearing gloves to collect those samples??! 😅😅
This must be one of the dumbest conversations I have ever read… shocking.
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