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August 20, 2014

NSF-funded WISSARD team discovers microbial life in Antarctic subglacial Lake Whillans.

Confirmed: 800 meters beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet, subglacial lake holds viable microbial ecosystems.

Credit: Image credit: Reed Scherer, Northern Illinois University/Video credit: NSF


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