Antarctic lake may hold life clue
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A study on a 15 million-year-old underground Antarctic lake could yield clues on the origins of life.
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At 17,000 feet beneath the surface, the temperature of ocean water is just above freezing, oxygen is sparse and currents are relatively calm. In other words, ideal conditions for preserving an airplane that might have crashed into the depths nearly 70 years ago, according to marine explorer David Jourdan, who hopes to answer one of aviation's greatest mysteries &#151; the fate of famed pilot Amelia Earhart.
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Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said Tuesday they have collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms in the murky depths.
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Some of Antarctica's glaciers have accelerated their seaward march, suggesting that ocean levels might be irreversibly on the rise for centuries to come.
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For the first time, a drumlin - a mound of sediment and rock - has been observed mid-formation, in Antarctica.
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A frozen sea found on Mars is one of the most promising places to look for life on the Red Planet, scientists say.
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Beneath the snow, ice and bitter cold of Antarctica, scientists have discovered a network of lakes that fill and empty with rapidly flowing water.
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For years, geologists and devoted amateurs have lobbied for a regional trail dedicated to ice-age floods. At last, their efforts may pay off.
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Scientists from the US reconstruct a 40,000-year record of climate change at the South Pole.
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Went down the plughole, as suspected Chilean scientists have confirmed suspicions that the missing lake which went awol in the Magallanes region of Patagonia simply drained away though a crack, Reuters reports.â¦
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An international team of scientists has found life on a Norwegian island.  No surprises there, but the successful field test of a collection of life-detection instruments may be a stepping stone for future endeavors to sniff out life on Mars.
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Scientists find water on a distant planet. Someday, maybe they'll find life
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID WASHINGTON - Icebergs that break off Antarctica and drift away turn out to be hotspots of life in the cold southern ocean, researchers report.
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The weight of evidence to suggest that some Antarctic glaciers are melting at an increasing pace continues to build. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has been melting naturally
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Scientists try to figure out how far off the next ice age is.
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The Associated Press  SANTIAGO, Chile   A five-acre glacial lake in Chile's southern Andes has disappeared - and scientists want to know why.
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There's new evidence from an Antarctic ice core that the popular image of the melting poles doesn't quite fit reality at the southern one. Elizabeth R. Thomas of the British Antarctic Survey and colleagues report in Geophysical Research Letters that snow accumulation has doubled since 1850 in the western Antarctic peninsula, and that the trend [...].