Scientists thought that the Antarctica Sea would be barren. But it’s full of life

In an ocean scientific expedition, the crew was demolished by an Antarctica ice shelf, and if they had to stop and inspect the size of an iceberg.

After all, this was a unique opportunity to explore the sea floor in an area of ​​the ocean, which was previously cut into people.

Despite the excitement, the team on the SCHMIDT Ocean Institute Ship did not think that they would have so far from the Sun to date.

They go out, they died.

The first image from the team from the remote vehicle to the control room of the ship, a creepy crab, the head of the expedition, the head of the expedition, said the expedition was the chief scientific scientist.

“It’s been a very excitement, “he said Quite The host Nile Koksal. “Then we continued to see more from the hour to day.”

Esquete and his colleagues, cranes, spellers, fish, giant sea spiders, octopuses and more, while others documented a surprisingly aqueous and various marine ecosystem.

However, as a mystery in the dark ocean depths, such as a mystery of how much life growth, is one of the mass floating glaciers attached to the ice sheet of the Antarctica 1,300 meters below the ice shelf.

It is not clear what this ecosystem is completely changed with this ice loss.

“This is a very interesting discovery and I can’t wait to figure out what was found in these ecosystems,” said Guadalupe Bribiesca-controlled, introducing the application of the British National Oceanography Center.

A deep environmental and taxonomist in Portugal Aveiro and Taxonomist Esquete, the crew said the Bellingshausen Sea of ​​Bellingshausen on the west of a new iceberg in west of a new iceberg.

“Immediately we have investigated a certain area,” he said. “Our expectations were a very poor ecosystem because you know, the sea ecosystem is normally fed with solar energy.”

It is so true at the deepest depths, because the foods of the photosynthesis are slow down to continue the following ecosystems below the foods.

However, for centuries, this region was covered with ice in a thickness of about 150 meters. Earlier, the ice touched that ocean layer.

“This means that photosynthesis can not happen … and the food will be produced,” said Esquete. “Thus, we were waiting for some of the forms of life fed with the food transported next to the current, but we did not expect a lot.”

If food and energy is not over the top, strengthen and fed this region living in this region?

“It will really be the most interesting research we can do,” said Esquete.

The team collected footage, as well as some examples and geological examples. Scientists said they would try to puzzle the geology of the region, as well as the ocean currents, “how the whole system works.”

But the first step, esquete will be able to classify all the creatures they observe.

“Thus, the full morphological study of all the species and then the genetic analysis we have found,” he said.

Things of them suspect that people can be new to science.

“We were in a very little investigated area. When examining the deep sea, you always find new types when you sample the deep sea. “

Although the Eycberg caluqu was Serendipitous for the crew and where the crew did not leave anywhere. Due to the climate change ICE report melted over decades.

Victoria Marine Biologist Verence Tunnicliffe University, which does not participate in the expedition, is a miracle of how this newly discovered ecosystem will change.

“They took a very unusual opportunity to explore a world hidden under the extremely thick ice for thousands of years,” he said.

“This expedition is possible to create the main ‘data (the ecosystems set, and now it will be changed, it will be changed, and it will be able to measure changes, and thus to understand the unique conditions under the thick ice.”

Esquete, at this time, excited to open some marine secrets.

“What makes the series of life really want to understand is what makes it possible,” he said.