geo.wikisort.org - ReservoirMercer Subglacial Lake is a subglacial lake in Antarctica covered by a sheet of ice 1,067 m (3,501 ft) thick; the water below is hydraulically active, with water replacement times on the order of a decade from the Ross Sea. Studies suggest that Mercer Subglacial Lake as well as other subglacial lakes appear to be linked, with drainage events in one reservoir causing filling and follow-on drainage in adjacent lakes.[3]
Subglacial lake in Antarctica
Body of water
Exploration
Helen Amanda Fricker from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography discovered Mercer Subglacial Lake in 2007, while using satellite laser altimetry to search for the grounding line of a glacier.[4] The lake is named after Mercer Ice Stream (formerly Ice Stream A), beneath which the lake is located. Mercer Ice Stream is named after the late Ohio State University glaciologist John Mercer. On 28 December 2018, the Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA) Project,[5] for which she serves on the project's executive committee,[4] announced they had reached Mercer Subglacial Lake after two days of melting their way through 1,067 m (3,501 ft) of ice with a high-pressure hot-water drill.[6] The drill water is run through filters that catch 99.9% of bacteria and particles,[7] followed by UV light exposure and pasteurization.[8] The team obtained water samples for chemical and biological analyses, as well as samples of basal ice, and sediment cores as deep as 1.76 m (5.8 ft).[9]
Preliminary results
The lake water samples contains enough oxygen to support aquatic animals, and bacteria are present with a density of at least 10,000 cells per millilitre. Other ancient organisms retrieved from the sediments include shells of diatoms (a photosynthetic algae) and thread-like plants or fungi. The sediment cores will also be analysed by geobiologists to study how relict organic matter deposited during marine incursions influences contemporary biodiversity and carbon cycling.[4]
See also
References
- Wright, Andrew; Siegert, Martin (December 2012). "A fourth inventory of Antarctic subglacial lakes". Antarctic Science. 24 (6): 659–664. doi:10.1017/S095410201200048X. ISSN 0954-1020.
- Scientists explore the mysterious Antarctic lake in less than 3,500 feet of ice to find out if life exists. 1 January 2019.
- Connected subglacial lake activity on lower Mercer and Whillans Ice Streams, West Antarctica, 2003–2008. PDF) Helen Amanda Fricker, and Ted Scambos. Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 55, No. 190, 2009.
- Scientists find new evidence of life beneath Antarctic ice. Andrew Freedman, Axios Science. 17 January 2019.
- Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA). Montana State University. Accessed on 1 January 2019.
- Maddie Scientists Just Melted a Hole Through 3,500 Feet of Ice to Reach a Mysterious Antarctic Lake. Maddie Stone, Gizmodo. 31 December 2018.
- Scientists explore Antarctic lake 'twice the size of Manhattan' buried under 3,500 feet of ice. Jennifer Earl, Fox News. 31 December 2018.
- Mercer Subglacial Lake - Scientific Stewardship. SALSA. Accessed on 19 January 2019.
- Priscu, John C.; Kalin, Jonas; Winans, John; Campbell, Timothy; Siegfried, Matthew R.; Skidmore, Mark; Dore, John E.; Leventer, Amy; Harwood, David M.; Duling, Dennis; Zook, Robert (September 2021). "Scientific access into Mercer Subglacial Lake: scientific objectives, drilling operations and initial observations". Annals of Glaciology. 62 (85–86): 340–352. doi:10.1017/aog.2021.10. ISSN 0260-3055.
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- [en] Mercer Lake (Antarctica)
[it] Lago Mercer
Il lago subglaciale Mercer è un lago che si trova sotto 1067 metri di ghiaccio dell'Antartide, composto da un'acqua idraulicamente attiva, con tempi di sostituzione dell'acqua dell'ordine di un decennio dal Mare di Ross.
È identificato ad alto rischio per il collasso del ghiaccio a causa degli effetti del riscaldamento globale[1].
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