Thursday, January 05, 2012

SCIENCE - Antarctic Under Sea Riot of Life

"Under the Sea Near Antarctica, 'a Riot of Life' Discovered in Super-Heated Water" PBS Newshour 1/4/2012

Excerpt

JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): ....., scientists are calling it a riot of life: new species never before seen. Researchers plunged to the depths of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica miles below the surface amid so-called hydrothermal vents or what look like chimneys that spew boiling black smoke.

There they discovered such creatures as new kinds of crabs, an albino octopus, and much more. The team of scientists have just published their findings in the journal PLoS Biology.

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