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Robot Submersible Confirms 60 Million Icefish Nests Under Antarctic Ice Shelf
https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/health/deep-below-antarctic-ice-scientists-confirm-mysterious-nest-structures-spanning-hundreds-of-square-kilometersbeneath Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf. The mission verified that an estimated 60 million active nests persist in the Weddell Sea, confirming the continuity of one of the planet’s largest fish breeding colonies. The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) first...
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Scientists Find Thousands of Mysterious Geometric Nests on the Antarctic Seafloor
https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/health/cameras-went-looking-for-a-shipwreck-lost-since-1915-and-found-something-strange-on-the-antarctic-seafloorhundreds of mysterious, carefully cleared circles, shedding new light on the deep-sea floor. During a 2019 mission to the Weddell Sea—an expedition primarily focused on the ill-fated search for Ernest Shackleton’s sunken vessel, Endurance—scientists...
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Cameras Hunting a Lost Shipwreck Discover Mysterious Geometric Patterns on Antarctic Seafloor
https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/genetics/cameras-hunting-a-shipwreck-lost-since-1915-found-hundreds-of-strange-patterns-on-the-antarctic-seafloorwhen they encountered an unexpected vessel waiting in the depths instead. During an intensive 2019 survey of the Weddell Sea, researchers utilizing the remotely operated vehicle Lassie came up empty-handed in their search for the lost wreck of Ernest...
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Camera Reveals 60 Million Icefish Nests: The Largest Underwater Breeding Colony Ever Found
https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/biology/scientists-sent-a-camera-beneath-antarcticas-frozen-waters-and-found-60-million-fish-nests-in-a-hidden-ocean-colonythat dwarfs all earlier records: an estimated 60 million icefish nests spread across roughly 240 square kilometres of the Weddell Sea floor. How a Routine Survey Turned Into a Landmark Find While mapping the benthic environment of the Weddell Sea, a...