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Chicago-Sized Iceberg Hid Ancient Ecosystem, Scientists Reveal
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Scientists scrutinizing the seafloor beneath a calving iceberg found a remarkable array of living creatures, switching up notions of how the giant chunks of ice affect their immediate environs. The scientists investigated a region of seafloor recentl...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Scientists scrutinizing the seafloor beneath a calving iceberg found a remarkable array of living creatures, switching up notions of how the giant chunks of ice affect their immediate environs. The team found large corals and sponges supporting other lifeforms, including icefish, giant sea spiders, and octopus. The team also collected data on the larger ice sheet, whose shrinking size spells concern for the animals that live beneath it.
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