Many view Antarctica as a frozen wasteland. Turns out there are hidden interconnected lakes underneath its dry valleys that could sustain life and shed light on ancient climate change. Jill […]
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Human and Robotic Astrobiological Research in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Presenter: Peter T. Doran (University of Illinois, Chicago) May 21, 2012 11:00 AM Pacific The extreme cold and dry environment of the McMurdo Dry Valleys have made it one of […]
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The Zöe Rover: Robotic Astrobiology Expedition Yields Significant Science Findings
A group of scientists announced today that they identified habitats and microbial life using a rover in Chile’s arid Atacama desert, one of the harshest environments on Earth, and that […]