Antarctica's Desert Valleys May Harbor Microbial Life, Discovery Reveals | Video

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 15:50 in Earth & Climate

An airborne research team, supported by the NSF, scanned the McMurdo Dry Valleys revealing "salt aquifers” beneath the glaciers, lakes and frozen soils. Microbial life could thrive there, retaining evidence of ancient climate change.

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