More information: Francesco Smedile et al, The perennially ice-covered Lake Enigma, Antarctica supports unique microbial communities, Communications Earth & Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43247 ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting environments on frozen worlds in our solar system and beyond ...

For the last 11 years, when austral summers arrive, microbiologist Luiz Rosa trades the sunny hills of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, for the cold plains of Antarctica. With its monotonous landscape, ...

I n the heart of Antarctica’s Victoria Land, hidden under 14 meters of thick ice, lies Lake Enigma, a body of water long believed to be entirely frozen.Now, scientists have discovered that this ...