Antarctic Ice Shelves Breaking!

For the first time, scientist are able to get a look at the ocean floor due to two Antarctic ice shelves breaking. The Antarctic has been covered by ice for several mellinnia. Now scientists are able to get a look at what was under that ice for so long. It hasd been a place of great mystry to the scientific community. An internation team decided to go down to the Antarctic to explore what no-one has ever explored before. They will be able to explore and learn what leis deep below the surface. When they got down there, they found a lot more then what they were expecting to find.
A team of scientist set out to go explore the Antarctic sometime last year. They left on a vessel from a small town in Germany, Cape Town. The team of scientist want to find out what lurked deep below the seas surface, more then 800 miles down in an area that was thought to be undergoin dramatic climate change. Scientist were from 14 different countries, including Germany, Canada and Chile. When they got down there, they were excited to see how the environment has been coping with the loss of the two ice shelves, known as Larsen A and Larsen B. Larsen A collapsed about 12 years ago, while Larsen B collapsed only about 5 years ago. They were unable to remain intact becuase the water was warmingfaster then they thought, faster then any other place on earth. While they were down there, they studied an area about 10,000 sg. Km, using R.O.V's, special sounding devices, cameras and two helicopters. They were able to find 1,000 species, including one that was a pre-historic looking Antarctic ice fish that had no red blood cells, a pink coral, orange sea starts with 12 arms, glass sponges and an Antarctic octopus. They expect that these are many new species that have never been seen before.
When scientists go down to a place liek the Antarctic, they feel miles away from the city, a place they are use to and that is so busy. They saw a place that has been changed by climate change due to human activity and then they realize they eveything on earth is intertwined. Scientist also find it incredibly fascinating that there is still so much left that has to be discovered. They found bright pink and purple corals at 400-600m deep and in one of the harshed environments.
It is also very sad to think that there is a incredible amount of species, both plants and animals, that have get been seen or discovered. At the rate we are goin, many of these species may go extinct before they have the chance to been seen. Hopefully, someday very soon, scientist and other research groups will be able to convince everyone that global warming and climate change is a real thing and that it has to be dealt with today before it is too late!

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~http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990409073216.htm
~http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1880566.stm