Open AccessA Subglacial Lake in Antarctica Churns Out Nutrients
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo142353
Subject(s) - nutrient , geology , oceanography , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , ecology , biology , geotechnical engineering
Eight hundred meters below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, microbes in subglacial Lake Whillans create organic carbon that helps power the Southern Ocean’s vast food chain.