Researchers have discovered three large canyons frozen beneath the ice of Antarctica, each of which is hundreds of miles in length. The canyons, which move through high mountains all beneath the snowy surface of the southernmost continent, were discovered through radar and may serve a key function in Antarctic ice flow. "These troughs channelise ice from the centre of the continent, taking it towards the coast," study co-author Kate Winter told the BBC. "Therefore, if climate conditions change in...
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