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Under the Antarctic ice, a world to discover

Under the Antarctic ice, a world to discover

800 m under the floating glacier in the Ross Sea, scientists have filmed a nation of fish and shellfish. They live within ecosystems whose springs remain mysterious: there is less than 0, the light enters not there and exchange with the ocean are probably limited. Life is yet very present.

On 01/28/2015 at 17:30 - By Jean-Luc Goudet, Futura-Sciences
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The team of scientists has discovered a poorly understood ecosystem, especially composed of small fish. © Deep-SCINI UNL-ANDRILL SMO The team of scientists has discovered a poorly understood ecosystem, especially composed of small fish. © Deep-SCINI UNL-ANDRILL SMO

US researchers from the University of Northern Illinois (NIU Northern Illinois University) have drilled gate or platform Ross, Antarctica. modern home design and floor plans This huge glacier came spans the continent floating on the sea about 800 km. Under the thick layer several hundred meters thick, the ocean waters are cold (-2 ° C), dark and poorly oxygenated. What species can live there?

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