NIWA news: going under ice to measure microbial mats
The Dry Valley region of Southern Victoria Land, the largest icefree region of Antarctica, is one of the coldest and driest deserts in the world. There are numerous meltwater lakes in this region thanks to two regional features, the Transantarctic Mountain Range that blocks the flow of ice from the...
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ftautuniv:oai:openrepository.aut.ac.nz:10292/1478 2024-10-13T14:03:11+00:00 NIWA news: going under ice to measure microbial mats Vopel, K 2006 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10292/1478 unknown NIWA http://www.niwa.co.nz/news-and-publications/publications/all/wa/14-1/news5 Water & Atmosphere, vol.14(1), pp.8 1172-1041 (print) https://hdl.handle.net/10292/1478 © National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd 2006 (www.niwa.co.nz). All Rights Reserved. NIWA publications are available free of charge as Open Access journals on the Internet. The definitive version was published in (see Citation). The original publication is available at (see Publisher's Version). OpenAccess Journal Article 2006 ftautuniv 2024-09-13T03:22:31Z The Dry Valley region of Southern Victoria Land, the largest icefree region of Antarctica, is one of the coldest and driest deserts in the world. There are numerous meltwater lakes in this region thanks to two regional features, the Transantarctic Mountain Range that blocks the flow of ice from the polar plateau and eliminates precipitation, and the very low mean air temperature (–15 to –30 ºC) that provides perennial ice cover, 3–6 m thick, to the lakes. Scientists have always been interested in the bacteria and microscopic algae inhabiting the lakes: they may offer insights into where and how life originated on earth, and where evidence of life – past or present – might occur on other planets on our solar system. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Victoria Land Auckland University of Technology: Tuwhera Open Research Victoria Land Polar Plateau ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) |
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The Dry Valley region of Southern Victoria Land, the largest icefree region of Antarctica, is one of the coldest and driest deserts in the world. There are numerous meltwater lakes in this region thanks to two regional features, the Transantarctic Mountain Range that blocks the flow of ice from the polar plateau and eliminates precipitation, and the very low mean air temperature (–15 to –30 ºC) that provides perennial ice cover, 3–6 m thick, to the lakes. Scientists have always been interested in the bacteria and microscopic algae inhabiting the lakes: they may offer insights into where and how life originated on earth, and where evidence of life – past or present – might occur on other planets on our solar system. |
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http://www.niwa.co.nz/news-and-publications/publications/all/wa/14-1/news5 Water & Atmosphere, vol.14(1), pp.8 1172-1041 (print) https://hdl.handle.net/10292/1478 |
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© National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd 2006 (www.niwa.co.nz). All Rights Reserved. NIWA publications are available free of charge as Open Access journals on the Internet. The definitive version was published in (see Citation). The original publication is available at (see Publisher's Version). OpenAccess |
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