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cloud_ctrl  ·  4837 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Giant River Runs Under the Amazon
Amazing.

"It is likely that this river is responsible for the low level of salinity in the waters around the mouth of the Amazon," said a statement released by the National Observatory.

I wonder... Is that what tipped them off in the first place? The article never explicitly mentions what led to the discovery.





caio  ·  4834 days ago  ·  link  ·  
The article said the scientists "deduced the existence of the 'river' by using temperature data from boreholes across the Amazon region." Maybe they were just taking measurements for PetrobrĂ¡s and found something strange.