365Telugu.com online news,August 1st, 2023: Over the past few years, a lot of new information has come to light about oceans around the world. Scientists have discovered an ancient sea in the Himalayan mountain range of India.
They say it may be around 600 million years old. The discovery was made by scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Niigata University in Japan.
In this regard, a statement released by the Indian Institute of Science said that calcium and magnesium carbonates are among the minerals found in the Himalayas.
This makes it easier for scientists to understand what kinds of events caused large oxygen depletions early in Earth’s history.
“We have found a time capsule for paleo-oceans,” said Prakash Chandra Arya, a PhD student at IISC’s Center for Earth Sciences and lead author of the study published in Precambrian Research.
Scientists believe that between 500 million and 700 million years ago, the Earth was covered with thick ice for a long period. After this, the second major oxygen event occurred due to an increase in the amount of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere.
IISc notes that scientists still do not fully understand how these events are linked. This is mainly due to the lack of well-preserved fossils, the disappearance of all old seas in Earth’s history.
However, the discovery of similar rocks in the Himalayas may answer this mystery. “We don’t know much about ancient oceans. We don’t know how similar or different they were to present-day oceans,” the study said.