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Coldest, Driest, Saltiest Antarctic Soils Might Be Inhospitable To LifeScience / The Biological World Monday August 23, 2021 Some Antarctic soils might be the only environments on Earth microbes can't colonize, a finding that goes against scientists' expectations of our planet's habitability. Most scientists assume microbes can inhabit every environment on Earth, given enough time, but new research finds that some of the coldest, saltiest, and driest soils in the Transantarctic Mountains show no signs of viable microbial life. 
Warm Ocean Water is Eroding Thwaites Ice Shelf From BelowScience / Ice and Snow Monday August 09, 2021 Scientists got their first glimpse at the ocean conditions surrounding the Thwaites Ice Shelf in 2019, and recently published results are worrisome for the rapidly melting ice shelf and the glacier behind it. 
Tapping Erebus's PowerScience / Earth Monday July 26, 2021 The heat given off by Antarctica's Mount Erebus could help power instruments monitoring the volcano, giving scientists a way to study Erebus's lava lake during the long polar night for the first time. Researchers have found a way to harness the heat from the magma underneath Erebus and turn it into electricity that can power scientific instruments. Quick Find
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