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Science & Medicine
Water more than two miles under icecap may harbor ancient organisms. But tapping it will be difficult.
June 20, 1996
Antarctica’s Lake Vostok doesn’t seem like the most hospitable home on the planet for any kind of life.
July 9, 2013
Antarctica’s Lake Vostok holds hidden menagerie of microbial life
Miles below the antarctic ice, a freshwater lake may harbor ancient life. The dilemma: how to study it without destroying it.
March 4, 2001
A freshwater lake far beneath the ice in Antarctica is about 50% bigger than previously thought, stretching about as large as Lake Ontario, researchers report.
Sept. 1, 1996
Research: Drilling shows levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are higher now than any time in the last 420,000 years. Study is called evidence of human impact.
July 11, 1999
British scientists have reached beneath Antarctic ice and grown bacteria using samples pulled from a former subglacial lake.
Sept. 11, 2013
Braving frigid blasts and bouts of altitude sickness, scientists are drilling for ancient ice in some of the world’s most inhospitable places.
June 13, 1993
Awards
Heth and other investors buy stake in Russian theater chain
Dec. 13, 2012
Travel & Experiences
Info on Denis Sullivan trips and tours
Jan. 22, 2012