In Canada, water aged 2 billion years has been found: what does it taste like.

Discovery of the oldest water on Earth

According to inkorr.com: An international team of scientists has made an astonishing discovery: the oldest water on Earth has been found. Preliminary estimates suggest that it is about 2 billion years old. The water was discovered at a depth of over 2.4 km in the Kidd Creek mine located in Ontario, Canada. This was reported by IFLScience, citing Glavkom.

Geologist Barbara Sherwood Lollar amazed her colleagues with her find: at a depth of over 2.4 km in a mine in Canada, she discovered the oldest water, aged between 1.5 and 2.6 billion years. As is often the case with geologists, she decided to taste the water.

“The water turned out to be very salty and bitter, and its salinity was much higher than that of seawater. I would compare its taste to syrup, and although it looks clean, it is not safe to drink,” said Lollar.

Lollar explained that geologists often taste minerals to understand their composition. In this case, the taste of the water served as a way to check the salinity, which could indicate the age of this resource.

Scientific significance of the discovery

This discovery has enormous scientific significance. Researchers found traces of sulfates in this water, which indicate the presence of microbial life, isolated from the planet's surface for billions of years. Such a discovery expands our understanding of the potential for life and increases the chances of detecting it in extreme conditions on other planets.

Studying this unique water will help scientists better understand the evolution of life on Earth and the possible conditions for its existence on other celestial bodies. This discovery emphasizes the tremendous potential of deep waters in research that can change our understanding of life in the cosmos.