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Discovered deep under Antarctic surface: Extensive, salty aquifer and potentially vast microbial habitat
Description: Using a novel, helicopter-borne sensor to penetrate the surface of large swathes of terrain, a team of researchers has gathered compelling evidence that beneath Antarctica's ice-free McMurdo Dry Valleys lies a salty aquifer that may support previously unknown microbial ecosystems and retain evidence of ancient climate change. [Source: National Science Foundation]
URL: http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=134837&org=NSF&from=news
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Source: National Science Foundation
Publish Date: 5/8/2015
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