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Researchers rethink life in a cold climate after Antarctic find – The Guardian
Scientists surprised by marine organisms on boulder on sea floor beneath 900 metres of ice shelf
ScienceScientists surprised by marine organisms on boulder on sea floor beneath 900 metres of ice shelf
The accidental discovery of marine organisms on a boulder on the sea floor beneath 900 metres (3,000ft) of Antarctic ice shelf has led scientists to rethink the limits of life on Earth.
Researchers stumbled on the life-bearing rock after sinking a borehole through nearly a kilometre of the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf on the south-eastern Weddell Sea to obtain a sediment core from the seabed.
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