If Earth were drilled through, would the seawater on Earth flow out?
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If Earth were drilled through, would the seawater on Earth flow out?
That’s an interesting question; it probably won’t fade away. Gravity is in
For nearly a century, many people have had similar crazy ideas; it seems that only the former Soviet Union drilled 12,000 meters underground.
This is a false proposition. The Earth cannot be drilled through; at a certain depth, it is all magma.
Assume that it were possible to drill through the Earth, then the water from the oceans could flow out. Due to gravity, the temperature at the Earth’s core is very high, causing the water to vaporize and be ejected outward, just as boiling water in a pot would dry up the ocean
I never thought about it; it’s a crazy idea. When I was young, I heard that the United States was on the other side of the Earth, so I figured I could dig a tunnel underground to get there. It seems like that’s not feasible though: lol