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Animals point to ancient seaway in Antarctica

Postby M Paul Lloyd » Sep 1st, '10, 20:16

So Antarctic ice shelves have collapsed before!? Interesting. ;)

Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica.
The evidence comes from a study of tiny marine animals living either side of the 2km thick Western Antarctic ice sheet.
Reseachers think their spread was due to the collapse of the ice sheet as recently as 125,000 years ago allowing water flow between different regions.
Their findings are published in the journal, Global Change Biology.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11138207
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Re: Animals point to ancient seaway in Antarctica

Postby Flakkarin » Sep 2nd, '10, 00:06

Yep, we live on a dynamic planet!
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Re: Animals point to ancient seaway in Antarctica

Postby M Paul Lloyd » Sep 2nd, '10, 07:00

It would be seriously boring if it wasn't, wouldn't it? :D
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