- Feb 5, 2002
- 187,646
- 69,659
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Female
- Faith
- Catholic
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Others
Antarctica looks like a clean white ice sheet from far away, but the important action happens deep down under the surface. There, the ice meets rock, water, and sediments. That contact zone controls how fast a glacier moves and how easily it can change speed.
Recently, scientists uncovered a big secret that Antarctica has been hiding – a giant granite deposit buried beneath the Pine Island Glacier.
What began as a mystery involving a few strange pink boulders turned into a major geological revelation.
The discovery not only answers old questions but also changes how we see the frozen continent’s past and its future.
Continued below.
www.earth.com
Recently, scientists uncovered a big secret that Antarctica has been hiding – a giant granite deposit buried beneath the Pine Island Glacier.
What began as a mystery involving a few strange pink boulders turned into a major geological revelation.
The discovery not only answers old questions but also changes how we see the frozen continent’s past and its future.
Antarctica’s pink granite mystery
Continued below.
Pink rocks found in Antarctica reveal a massive structure hidden under the ice for 175 million years
Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological mystery.
