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Scientists went hunting for freshwater deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. What they found could have global implications

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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — This summer scientists drilled deep below the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of northeastern US and tapped into a huge, mysterious reservoir of freshwater — what they discovered could have big implications for a world grappling with an increasingly severe water crisis. The existence of freshwater beneath the Atlantic has been known for decades, but it had remained virtually unexplored. In the 1960s and 70s, scientifi…

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Scientists went hunting for freshwater deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. What they found could have global implications

An international team of scientists spent three months at sea drilling into a huge, mysterious reservoir of freshwater under the salty ocean. They hope it could help tackle an increasingly severe global water crisis.

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