We Finally Know What's Buried Under Antarctica
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Antarctica looks like a frozen, lifeless desert. But underneath, something is moving. Satellites just found 85 hidden lakes under the ice, and nobody knew they were there. It took ten years for the CryoSat satellite to spot the ice surface rising and sinking above them. The total number of known active subglacial lakes under Antarctica is now 231, a 58% jump in a single study. These lakes are not sitting still. They fill up slowly, then drain again in a cycle. And five of them are connected into a network under the ice. Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media:
Tags: 231 lakes, 766 lakes, 85 lakes, antarctic ice, antarctic network, antarctic research, antarctica, bedrock, brightside, brightsideglobal, climate change, connected lakes, cryosat, curiosities, earth, global warming, hidden lakes, hidden network, ice melting, ice movement
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