subglacial lakes
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Life Under Antarctica Is Surviving on Pulverised Rock
You might not expect Lake Whillans to be a cradle for life, as it’s freezing cold and lies beneath 762 m of Antarctic ice. But as a team of glaciologists recently reported, it is precisely those conditions that nurture microscopic organisms, which feast on the rock beneath the continent.
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Astronomers Claim to Spot Multiple Bodies of Liquid Water on Mars
Two years ago, a team of Italian scientists claimed to have discovered a subglacial lake near the Martian south pole. The same team has collected further evidence to bolster this claim, including the apparent discovery of even more buried bodies of liquid water. The new research speaks to the potential for life on Mars, but…
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Scientists Just Melted A Hole Through 3,500 Feet Of Ice To Reach A Mysterious Antarctic Lake
While you were baking cookies and binging Netflix shows over Christmas, a team of about 50 scientists, drillers, and support staff was attempting to punch through nearly 1,219.20m of ice to access an Antarctic subglacial lake for just the second time in human history. And folks, they did it.