Retreating Antarctic Ice Fuels Surprising Glass Sponge Invasion
Retreating Antarctic Ice Fuels Surprising Glass Sponge Invasion,
July 11, 2013,
by Joe Hanson,
Wired Science,
In the frigid, inky ocean depths beneath permanent ice shelves, life tends to move pretty slowly. But a recent expedition to the seafloor under a newly thawed Antarctic ice sheet has revealed an unexpected invertebrate invasion. Some of Earth’s strangest species, a group of ghostly pale sponges made of glass, have set up shop there in a hurry, upending much of what scientists know about these exotic creatures.
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