National Geographic “Antarctica: Life at the Bottom of the World” p2 - 36 Scientists has spent all or part of the current summer in the Taylor Valley. The study of algae and glaciers. They are tracing how the creatures that live in this environment adapt to each other and to the Antarctic’s extreme conditions. Using Dry Valley soils as a model for the more complex soils that exist in the rest of the world. The …showed first 75 words of 369 total…

…showed last 75 words of 369 total…measure. The scientist believe that nematodes were in meltwater pool atop the glacier. The scientist are also interested in what influence nematodes have on the carbon cycle when they consume bacteria that in turn, ingest carbon. The process seems easier to study here than in more calm conditions. The reason that researchers prefer the cold is because in the labs back home, there’s something eating the nematode and something eating that and so on.