Future Now News - Galactic Clusters, Lunar crash, Marsquake revelations, Elephant Seal underwater sleep spirals, the pain and pleasure of profit, and a giant sponge in the mantle with more water than all the oceans

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This week we returned to the Santa Cruz Voice station, as our Rodecaster is replaced with a brand spanking new one!  It works, but we miss all of our music and presets. Nonetheless plenty to share with week, as we celebrate Hubble’s 33rd birthday in space, and revel in the afterglow of our very own SC Voice party!  

The most surprising thing for us this week was the revelation that there is a layer in the Earth’s mantle that likely holds more water than all the Earth’s oceans, up to three times more! How is this possible? Through heat, pressure, and a massive amount of material known as ringwoodlite, a kind of mineral sponge that can store water en masse.  How does this play with the hyrdological cycles of our weather? Many mysteries to be unveiled as this new, massive discovery is explored. 

We also enjoyed the UCSC research in sleep behavior of our local elephant seals, a fascinating study of these marine mammals, and their ability to sleep while spiralling down to over a thousand feet below the surface of the sea. Amazing, enjoy! 

There’s three times as much water below the surface than in the oceans