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New Zealand researchers confirmed the presence of microplastics in fresh Antarctic snow, marking a discovery that is elevating already existing environmental concerns.
Swarms of microscopic shrimp-like organisms live beneath a gigantic Antarctic ice shelf, in a cathedral-like cavern hundreds of meters high, in a newly found underwater habitat that had been an ice-locked secret until recently.
Despite not having the ideal conditions for life as we know, the river was found to be full of small shrimp-like creatures.
A team of scientists from New Zealand came across a whole ecosystem of marine life almost 500 metres under the ice in Antarctica. According to the studies, it was determined to be around hundreds of kilometres from the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
New Zealand scientists ‘jumping up and down’ at find during investigation of climate-induced melt of ice shelf