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Antarctica is gradually revealing its secrets, since The side of scientists has recently shown increased attention. So, thanks to this, the secret of the origin of viruses on Earth is revealed, discovered unique samples of ice, which are almost three million years old, and much more.
Australian National University team not so long ago made another discovery on the ice continent of our planet. Researchers have discovered vast caves and tunnels under the ice and determined that they are so warm that it allows to assume: there is life, both plant and animal.
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Research was conducted on Ross Island, where active volcano Erebus. It was here that formed under the ice these amazing voids full of life. Here’s what it says about it about one of the participants in the expedition Ceridwen Fraser (Keridven Fraser):
Inside those caves and tunnels the temperature reaches 25 degrees Celsius, there you can feel comfortable even in t-shirt. Moreover, in these voids there is a lot of light that seeps through ice and cracks. We found numerous animal DNA and plants, some of them were previously known (extracted on others parts of Antarctica), and some are simply unique.
This is confirmed by the co-author of this study Laurie Connell (Laurie Connell) University of Maine (USA), which believes that their opening is a door to a new world unknown to us, full exciting puzzles and secrets. True, to the mysterious caves, which are well viewed by satellites, she laments, we need more to get to …
However, it is there, Professor Craig Cary agrees (Craig Carey) University of New Zealand, in these voids under the ice complex life forms can be settled, and unknown to us.
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Antarctica, it should be noted, is rich in volcanoes, here only active, you can count more than fifteen, moreover, are found all new and new. Therefore, it is possible, the researchers say, that such ice caves and tunnels are everywhere. And it would be not bad to find the relationship between them: then we can talk about a new ecosystem in the biodiversity of the ice continent.
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