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Looking For Life In And Under Antarctic Ice

Looking For Life In And Under Antarctic Ice

   Antarctica is home to the largest body of ice on Earth. Prior to approximately 10 years ago, no one thought that life could exist beneath the Antarctic ice sheets, which can be more than two miles thick in places, because conditions were believed to be too extreme. However, Brent Christner, assistant professor of biological sciences at LSU, has spent a great deal of time in one of the world's most hostile environments conducting research that proves otherwise.

Posted : Sat, Sep 01, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News
 
 
 
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