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Can we please stop calling humid rocks "ocean"? There is a word for that: aquifer.
by Iv 7y ago
Can we please stop calling humid rocks "ocean"?
There is a word for that: aquifer.
- onion2k 7y agoAquifer doesn't convey any sense of scale, and that's the important part in the article. "Scientists discover aquifer" wouldn't be interesting.
- Iv 7y ago"Scientists discover aquifer the size of the Pacific ocean" And I would like to say that "interesting" should be lower on the list of priority than "accurate" when it comes to headlines.
- onion2k 7y agoHeadlines are marketing. They get people to buy the magazine or view the online adverts. If you want strict accuracy without the sales element you need to go to a journal.
- gus_massa 7y agoThe real thing is even more different than an ocean. In an aquifer you have something like wet sand or wet rocks, i.e. there is sand/rocks and the water is in the space between them. In this case, the molecules of water are inside the crystal structure. It's almost like a chemical reaction instead of only some inert object getting wet. An usual similar compound is Cooper Sulfate that is nice because it changes color. The anhydrous version is white and you can get it heating the normal version. The normal version is blue and it has 5 water molecules per each CuSO4. But it is not wet like wet sand/rocks, the water is trapped inside he crystals. I can't find a good link but there is more info in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper(II)_sulfate#Other_form_of_copper_sulfatesand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper(II)_sulfate#Other_form_... there are some nice photos in https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=copper+sulfate+color+anhydrous https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=copper+sulfate+colo...