Temperature Profile for Glacial Ice at the South Pole: Implications for Life in a Nearby Subglacial...
Temperature Profile for Glacial Ice at the South Pole: Implications for Life in a Nearby Subglacial Lake
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Airborne radar has detected ≈100 lakes under the Antarctic ice cap, the largest of which is Lake Vostok. International planning is underway to search in Lake Vostok for microbial life that may have evolved in isolation from surface life for millions of years. It is thought, however, that the lakes may be hydraulically interconnected. If so, unsteri...
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Temperature Profile for Glacial Ice at the South Pole: Implications for Life in a Nearby Subglacial Lake
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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_12060731
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_12060731
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.082238999
