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Climate Change In The McMurdo Dry Valleys
Science / The Biological World Tuesday April 24, 2018 The McMurdo Dry Valleys ecosystems are changing because of climate change. In a paper published in the journal Ecology in January researchers said they've tracked the decline of the microorganism living in the Dry Valleys' barren soils. More frequent extreme weather events are driving down the population of the nematode Scottnema lindsayae, a microscopic roundworm, which makes up about 90 percent of the species that live in the Dry Valleys. 
Why Antarctic Fish Don't Freeze Their Tails Off
Science / The Biological World Tuesday April 10, 2018 An innovative project to understand how fish survive in the frigid Antarctic waters is opening up new avenues for researchers monitoring what goes on under the sea ice in McMurdo Sound. Evolutionary biologist Paul Cziko from the University of Oregon is studying how Antarctic fish donât, themselves, freeze into a solid block while spending their lives in subzero waters. 
Podcast: The Berg Field Center
Features / Operations Thursday March 29, 2018 The Antarctic Sun is taking a behind-the-scenes look at the workers and what they do to make science at the bottom of the world possible. This Episode: The Berg Field Center. Known more popularly as the BFC, it's home to all the survival supplies a team of researchers working in the farthest, most remote corners of the continent would need. Quick Find
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