Scientists tap 'secret' fresh water under the ocean
ABOARD LIFTBOAT ROBERT, North Atlantic (AP) – Deep in Earth’s past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the ice melted and the oceans rose off what is now the northeastern United States. Nearly 50 years ago, a U.S. government ship searching for minerals and hydrocarbons in the area drilled into the seafloor to see what it could find.
