Deep beneath Antartica's glaciers are extensive subglacial cave networks formed by steam from active volcanos. These mysterious caves are still mostly unexplored and scientists haven't truly uncovered what kinds of ecosystems they could hold. However, a team at Australian National University has examined soil samples for traces of DNA and revealed these caves could hold a much a more diverse set of known, and unknown, organisms than previously thought.
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