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Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean.
forcing a reevaluation of sea-level rise predictions. Image: ESA In a frozen drama worthy of a neighbourhood soap opera, scientists have discovered that an Antarctic glacier has been quietly ...
Australian scientists aboard the icebreaker ship RSV Nuyina uncovered a host of unique marine creatures during a 60-day expedition near the Denman Glacier in East Antarctica. The mission aimed to ...
I sailed to Antarctica on the Seabourn Venture in 2022 ... but we just spent the hour cruising around a dense carpet of unmoving sea stars dotted with sponges. According to our guide, my group ...
Fortunately, that’s not going to happen anytime soon, but new evidence suggests that West Antarctica - which holds around 5 METERS of sea level rise - is melting a lot faster than scientists once ...
By analyzing the venoms of more than 70 different spider species, the team explored whether factors such as body size, prey type, and hunting method, ... Ancient DNA Used to Map Evolution of Fever ...
And it is morphing as sea animals and ... colonies following Antarctica's harsh winter.(Supplied: Dr Michelle Wille) When Dr Dewar returned this year to track the evolution of the frigid ...
A group of 60 scientists has returned to Australia after an “epic” Antarctic ... including a “sea butterfly” named Clio, “sea pigs”, sea stars, octopus, and sea spiders were collected ...
Many polar factors indicate this heating: glacier retreat, polar sea surface temperature rises, and the extent of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice cover. The Arctic is warming faster than the global ...