ChromaticaGlory Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 The accidental discovery of marine organisms on a boulder on the sea floor beneath 900 metres (3,000ft) of Antarctic ice shelf has led scientists to rethink the limits of life on Earth. Researchers stumbled on the life-bearing rock after sinking a borehole through nearly a kilometre of the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf on the south-eastern Weddell Sea to obtain a sediment core from the seabed. Photos and video footage of the boulder show that it is home to at least two types of sponge, one of which has a long stem that opens into a head. But other organisms, which could be tube worms or stalked barnacles, also appear to be growing on the rock. “It was a real shock to find them there, a really good shock, but we can’t do DNA tests, we can’t work out what they’ve been eating, or how old they are. We don’t even know if they are new species, but they’re definitely living in a place where we wouldn’t expect them to be living” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/15/researchers-rethink-life-in-a-cold-climate-after-antarctic-find Link to comment
jordeezy river red Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Antarctica is such a mystery tbh Link to comment
ChromaticaGlory Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, jordeezy said: Antarctica is such a mystery tbh Agreed, and this just proves it Link to comment
Blackout2006 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 3 hours ago, jordeezy said: Antarctica is such a mystery tbh It really is. Below that sheet of thick ice, lies a chain of dormant volcanoes ready to erupt any time but thankfully not in our lifetime. It really has so many layers of mysteries in it... Link to comment
PokemonSpears Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Blackout2006 said: It really is. Below that sheet of thick ice, lies a chain of dormant volcanoes ready to erupt any time but thankfully not in our lifetime. It really has so many layers of mysteries in it... there's also a lot of fossils from plants and marine animals from the Mesozoic era Link to comment
Blackout2006 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 8 hours ago, PokemonSpears said: there's also a lot of fossils from plants and marine animals from the Mesozoic era Not surprised tbh. In those eras of time, amazon was a lush rainforest so cold blooded dinosaurs were thriving in such areas and maybe now as the climate has change it has become the vast wasteland of ice and snow we know today. I think the megalondons also used to swim in such regions? But I think they came from a differenty era so Link to comment
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