'No one's laid eyes on it,' the lead author of the study said. 'What is exciting is that it's been hiding there in plain sight.'
Scientists revealed Tuesday that they had discovered a vast, hidden landscape of hills and valleys carved by ancient rivers that has been 'frozen in time' under the Antarctic ice for millions of years.This landscape, which is bigger than Belgium, has remained untouched for potentially more than 34 million years, but human-driven global warming could threaten to expose it, the British and American researchers warned.
Some of the researchers had previously found a city-size lake under the Antarctic ice, and the team believes there are other ancient landscapes down there yet to be discovered.Tipping point for a 'runaway reaction' The authors of the study said global warming could pose a threat to their newly discovered landscape.
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