Discover more fresh sea water in the seabed in Norway

An international team of marine geologists has found evidence of an underground freshwater at a depth of 800 meters below sea level near the Lofoten Islands, off northern Norway.

This underground water area is meteorite water , which is derived from rainwater and ice.

The appearance of fresh water in the ocean is not uncommon. A huge freshwater area off the coast of the United States was also discovered not far from here.

Dr. Wei-Li Hong, a researcher at the Norwegian Geological Survey Department, said his team found fresh water leaking from the sea floor .

Fresh water leaking from the seabed in Norway is thought to be from a giant confined body of water.

Nordland fishermen also told scientists they found fresh water in the sea, so pure it could be used to make coffee. This freshwater current appears several kilometers from the shore.

Dr. Hong and his colleagues used a remote control vehicle to collect water during an expedition in 2017.

This freshwater leak in the sea may originate from a large aquifer hidden beneath the seabed sediments.

This phenomenon may have originated from the last Ice Age , the thick ice sheets covering Norway that have been pushed down to the Earth's crust. With tremendous pressure, a large amount of melted water leaked through cracks in the sea floor.

This is a geological process that began millions of years ago when water got trapped beneath the sediment and only now has it been released from the confinement.

The findings suggest there may be other aquifers in other parts of the world.

Dr Knies said such large fresh water bags could be a potential resource in areas where there is no drinking water on the mainland.

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