UH scientists successfully sample subglacial lake
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2008-02-19 11:04 |
Earlier this month, scientists from University of Hawaii Mânoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), in collaboration with Icelandic research institutes, successfully drilled into and sampled a lake deep beneath a glacier in Iceland.
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Lakes under glaciers a key to sea level rise
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2008-02-19 11:04 |
Earth scientist Chris Shuman studies liquid lakes beneath ice sheets in Antarctica. They stay liquid due to geothermal heat from Earth’s interior. Shuman said these hidden Antarctic lakes affect the way glaciers move toward the sea.............
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Mini-Lake Vostok yields clues to ancient life
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2008-02-19 11:04 |
A miniature model of the world's largest subglacial lake, Antarctica's Lake Vostok, has given clues to the way its waters circulate, and hence on where scientists should drill to find life...............
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