• How Much Water Is in the Earth's Crust?

  • Oct 2 2024
  • Length: 3 mins
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How Much Water Is in the Earth's Crust?

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  • Researchers estimate that there are nearly 44 million km³ of water in the Earth's crust, more than the amount of water found in ice caps and glaciers on the surface.A 2021 study published in Geophysical Research Letters found that the amount of water stored beneath the Earth's surface in soil or rock pores, called groundwater, exceeds that in ice caps and glaciers. "There are approximately 43.9 million km³ of water in the Earth's crust," said Grant Ferguson, a hydrogeologist at the University of Saskatchewan and the lead author of the 2021 study. In comparison, Antarctica's ice contains about 27 million km³ of water, Greenland holds 3 million km³, and glaciers outside Antarctica and Greenland hold 158,000 km³, according to Live Science.
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