Eruptions of subglacial volcanoes may not be visible on the surface, but they can have consequences for the ice sheet. Heat ...

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Ever since the discovery of methane on Mars, scientists have wondered if the Red Planet might harbor life. Now, researchers ...

Potential conditions analogous to Mars include microscopic fractures in deep bedrock, subglacial freshwater lakes, and highly saline deep-sea basins. Methanogens have been identified in such ...

One of the most remote and harsh regions on Earth, much of Siberia is sparsely inhabited and difficult to access, with temperatures plummeting to even -50°C. It has a vast tundra, frozen lakes, and ...

ANTARCTICA, a land of icy extremes, is often likened to “space on Earth”, with how much of the continent remains unexplored ...

Temperatures in this region of the world can plummet to a shocking -40.7°C, and yet, this subglacial lake is home to an entire ecosystem that thrives under the surface. The international team of ...

His last trip to Antarctica – a two-month expedition in 2013 with scientists looking for life in subglacial Lake Whillans – was funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Sep. 30, 2024 — The Hunga Tonga underwater volcano was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, and now, two years later, new research has revealed its main ... Extinct Volcanoes a ...

An artist’s illustration of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealing a population of small asteroids in the main asteroid belt. Credit: Ella Maru. For decades, astronomers have dismissed ...

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