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Research team discovers new life flourishing under an ice shelf

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USA TODAY

Daily News, News

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

On a recent expedition to Antarctica, researchers made a startling discovery after part of a huge ice sheet broke off. In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms. How is this possible and just how many more new life forms are waiting to be found? Jyotika Virmani, executive director of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, joins The Excerpt to share details of this remarkable discovery. Let us know what you think of this episode by sending an email to [email protected].

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0:00.0

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0:06.7

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0:12.1

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0:19.5

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0:23.4

Go to Danafarber.org slash stories and see how what we do here changes lives everywhere.

0:33.3

Life as we know it has changed.

0:35.7

On a recent expedition to Antarctica, researchers made a startling discovery

0:40.4

after part of a huge ice sheet broke off revealing waters long hidden beneath. In it, the scientists

0:47.3

encountered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish, and other life forms.

0:54.1

Hello, and welcome and other life forms.

0:54.5

Hello and welcome to the excerpt.

0:56.3

I'm Dana Taylor.

0:57.6

Today is Sunday, April 13, 2025.

1:03.0

How is this possible and just how many more new life forms are waiting to be discovered?

1:09.0

Here to shed light on this incredible new development is Jodika Vermani,

1:13.5

head of the Schmidt Ocean Institute,

1:15.9

a nonprofit dedicated to global marine research that partially funded this work.

1:21.4

Thanks for joining me, Jotika.

1:23.1

Thank you very much for inviting me, Dana.

1:26.0

The team in Antarctica was researching something else

1:28.9

altogether just prior to a hemden iceberg cracking off the ice sheet. Walk me through the pivot

1:37.2

here. Was there any hesitancy about switching their focus to this newly exposed body of water?

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