China Is Digging a 10,000-Meter Hole Into the Earth-And Their True Motive Might Surprise You | NYGazet

China is drilling one of the deepest holes ever attempted—down to 10,000 meters—through layers of Earth's crust untouched for millions of years.

In one of the world’s most ambitious geoscience projects to date, Chinese engineers have begun drilling a 10,000-meter vertical borehole into the Earth’s crust. The operation, launched in May 2024, is located in the Tarim Basin, a desert region in no... [4035 chars]