Good News: You've got a new source of fresh water.

Bad News: Extraction will cause groundwater-related subsidence of the nearby shoreline, causing rapid erosion and lower elevations. Multiple shoreline properties may be lost.

I non sarcastically love how everyone is so cynical here 😂

Don't worry, scientists. There's a world that's thirsty for you, just waiting to be tapped. Go forth, and research! It's the end of the world, after all! Get in!

In other news, a line of data centres is now being planned to stretch all the way from New Jersey to Maine

There's a lot of people in these comments who seem to think energy is free, and reverse osmosis is magic.

Billions of dollars to get to it when they could install a desalination plant >.>

Why are we like this?

Footage from the expedition.

Cool. Come talk to me when finding water is hard, as opposed to just shipping a sufficient quantity to wherever you need it.

If there's a spot where a major center is next to one of these and nothing else, I suppose it could have a niche. I'm guessing the microbes and geological history are the main thing they're excited about, though.

Man... I learned how to boil salt out of seawater in the boy scouts. You'd think we could just do that, but at a larger scale.