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For the first time, scientists have discovered that Antarctica`s massive ice sheet is hiding an estuary, where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.
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The temperature in the permafrost on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic has been found to be nearly as cold as that of the surface of Mars.
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Scientists claim to have discovered a new type of bacterial life in waters from a mysterious buried Antarctic lake.
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Researchers have discovered a rich diversity of microbial life and chemicals in the transitory habitat of a storm cloud.
Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 20:56
Scietists in Antarctica are in a race against time to drill through a two-mile-thick ice cap covering a sub-glacial lake that has been cut off from the rest of the world for up to a million years.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 10:17
NASA is getting ready to land its most sophisticated rover, nicknamed Curiosity on the Red Planet in August.
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