Sentences with phrase «subglacial environments»
"Subglacial environments" refer to places that are located beneath a glacier or ice sheet, where the ice is in contact with the ground. These environments are found underneath large masses of ice, and they can have unique features such as lakes, rivers, and even bacteria that survive in extreme cold conditions. Full definition
Doran had been invited to Big Sky to present a new National Academies of Science / National Research Council (NRC) report (pdf) setting standards for good environmental stewardship in the study of subglacial environments.
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Beginning in the austral summer of 2017/2018 SALSA aims gather new knowledge about the Antarctic Subglacial Environment through sampling from Subglacial Lake Mercer.
But far more interesting was just how non-hostile this supposedly «extreme» subglacial environment turned out to be.
The Antarctic Subglacial environment is a dynamic ecosystem where life, ice, water, and rock form a web of complex interactions.
But I'm afraid we know still less about Antarctica's subglacial environments than we know about some places on Mars.»
The subglacial environment is often described as extreme.
«If we're successful in all three [projects] next year, we'll have a much better understanding of the subglacial environment.»
«Microbial cell and organic carbon concentrations in this accreted ice are significantly higher than those in the overlying ice, which implies that the subglacial environment is the source,» says Christner.
While WISSARD provided seminal insights into the subglacial environment, it also posited further questions about the nature of this environment.
Based on accumulating measurements of microbes in the subglacial environment, he calculates that the concentration of cell and organic carbon in the Earth's ice sheets, or «cryosphere», may be hundreds of times higher than what is found in all the planet's freshwater systems.
We know more about Mars than we know about Antarctica's subglacial environment, but new information about its nature is changing the way we view the continent.