A 2019 flood raised an Antarctic lake by 2 metres after water escaped from a neighbouring glacier-fed lake; scientists traced its effects on carbon cycling and microbial life
- Image AI generatedIn January 2019, a rare glacial flood caused an Antarctic lake to rise by two metres after a neighbouring lake released 17.5 million cubic metres of water.
- The event transformed Lake Untersee’s water chemistry and prompted scientists to investigate its effects on an unusual microbial ecosystem living beneath its permanent ice cover.
- The study, published in ResearchGate and titled ‘Glacial lake outburst floods enhance benthic microbial productivity in perennially ice-covered Lake Untersee (East Antarctica)', found that the flood altered carbon concentrations and other chemical
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- Image AI generatedIn January 2019, a rare glacial flood caused an Antarctic lake to rise by two metres after a neighbouring lake released 17.5 million cubic metres of water.
- The event transformed Lake Untersee’s water chemistry and prompted scientists to investigate its effects on an unusual microbial ecosystem living beneath its permanent ice cover.
- The study, published in ResearchGate and titled ‘Glacial lake outburst floods enhance benthic microbial productivity in perennially ice-covered Lake Untersee (East Antarctica)', found that the flood altered carbon concentrations and other chemical
Sources: Times of India