Scientists are travelling to Antarctica to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76242396 United Kingdom 02/12/2018 02:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Scientists are travelling to Antarctica to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem hidden under an iceberg four times the size of London. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72187181 The team, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), leave the Falklands on 21 February to collect samples from a newly exposed seabed beneath an iceberg dubbed A68, which calved off from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in July. It is considered an urgent mission, with the 5,818 sq km ecosystem susceptible to change as it becomes exposed to sunlight for the first time in thousands of years. It is thought to be up to 120,000 years old. More ... [link to news.sky.com (secure)] If the aren't going there on a ship named Boaty McBoatface, who gives a damn? |
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Regards Jules User ID: 76191227 United Kingdom 02/12/2018 04:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How not interesting - scientists find another fish...! What we got to get to grips with is WHY it broke off. Yep GW IS the apocalypse. |
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