2023-08-02 18:14:00
Recently, a scientific study carried out by a team from Indian Institute of Science and Niigata University, Japan, discovered water droplets dating back millions of years located in mineral deposits of the Western Himalayas. The find was pointed out as a kind of “time capsule” and might reveal the link between two historical periods of the planet.
Throughout history, humanity’s interest in knowing what happened in previous periods has always been great. Whether to find out how civilizations of other times lived or to find out what was happening on Earth, there were incessant studies and investigations of all kinds.
Thanks to technology and the new tools that are available, knowledge continues to advance and with the passage of time more details regarding the past are revealed. In that context, this finding from a recent investigation it meant an important change in the way of looking at the history of the development of the planet.
The drops of water found in the Himalayas would belong to the period of global glaciation
Water droplets trapped in the Himalayas would correspond to the period global glaciationalso know as “snow globe earth”, as recently published in the scientific journal Precambrian Research. The aforementioned period occurred between 500 and 700 million years ago and is so called because during that time the planet was covered by thick layers of ice.
The period of global glaciation was followed by an increase in the amount of oxygen on Earth, a condition that gave rise to the development of complex forms of life. What the scientific community was not clear regarding until now is how the connection between both stages was produced. The truth is that the new finding might be the key to discovering it.
The discovery would allow us to know the link between two periods of the Earth (Photo: Twilight)
The water drops were found on sea rocks and the most important discovery is that the basins did not have calcium inputs for a long time, since the oceans had no flow. According to the research, this lack of calcium allowed them to develop photosynthetic cyanobacteria that would have generated the emission of more oxygen while synthesizing nutrients. In turn, there would also have been an accumulation of magnesium that also favored the production of photosynthetic oxygen.
That way, a first link might have been found between the historical periods of global glaciation and the enormous increase in the amount of oxygen who appeared on the planet years later.
In addition to the historical importance already mentioned, the drops of water found in the Himalayas also allow us to have an idea regarding what the paleo-oceans were likeof which not much information is known. The composition and temperature of the ancient oceans is still a mystery to science and this discovery allows us to get much closer to learning regarding them. According to the explanation given by Prakash Chandra Arya, author of the study, having data on this subject is important to know the past climate of the planet in periods that occurred millions of years ago and, therefore, for the climate modeling that will be carried out. apply with the present and future conditions of the Earth.
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