A massive cavern beneath a West Antarctic glacier is teeming with life
A subglacial river has carved out the cavern beneath the Kamb Ice Stream, a West Antarctic glacier, and may be supplying nutrients necessary for life.
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A subglacial river has carved out the cavern beneath the Kamb Ice Stream, a West Antarctic glacier, and may be supplying nutrients necessary for life.
Thwaites Glacier’s main trunk may widen in a way that could speed up ice loss within 20 years, researchers report.
New research led by Brian Yellen, research professor of earth, geographic, and climate sciences, shows that coastal habitats can thrive—but only if there’s enough sediment.
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According to a study published in the journal 'Nature Communications', an international team of researchers discovered 1.2-billion-year-old groundwater deep in a gold- and uranium-producing mine in South Africa. Earth’s Oldest Remaining Groundwater, Aged at 1.2 Billion Years Old, Discovered in South Africa.