(ORDO NEWS) — A couple of decades ago, a well 1.4 kilometers deep and about 40 centimeters wide was drilled in the North Atlantic.
In April of this year, a new scientific expedition will go to her to deepen another 657 meters.
The massif where scientists are going to drill a well is a tectonic window where tectonic plates move apart. As a result, the substance of the Earth‘s mantle comes to the surface.
By drilling into these windows, scientists can examine the planet’s internal structure from samples that would otherwise be impossible to obtain.
The temperature at this depth can reach 200 degrees Celsius.
If organic molecules are found there, this will be confirmation that the mixing of sea water and minerals, in particular, olivine, helped the emergence of life on Earth, writes RBC.
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