Oldest water in the world found in Ontario by U of T scientists
From CBC
A team of University of Toronto geoscientists has made a discovery that could lead to a new understanding of ancient life on Earth and other planets: two billion-year-old water, believed to be the oldest H2O ever found, in a mine in Timmins, Ont.Full article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/water-billion-timmins-oldest-1.3898740"We thought, 'Wow,'" said Oliver Warr, a postdoctoral researcher and leader of the team.
"Everything about the water is brand new. We are seeing signals in all isotopes that we've identified so far that we've never seen anywhere else."
The findings stem from the researchers' earlier exploration of water in the same active copper, zinc and silver mine in 2013.
Geochemical analyses of the water at a depth of 2.4 kilometres showed it was a billion years old.
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Damn that's pretty crazy. Followed.
I can go one better than that - Compliments water from Sobey's. Don't believe the date on the bottle. Yes, water has a shelf life
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