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Icy Ecosystems
Discovering Antarctica’s fragile frozen secrets
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, windiest and highest continent on Earth. What makes the frozen continent so valuable to scientists and vulnerable to human contact?
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FEATURED ITEMS
Calum Ninnes
Calum is a student with the University of Waikato and is currently doing his Master’s degree. Calum spent a summer down in Antarctica for his research on penguins.
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Multibeam
A hands on simulation of how scientists using multibeam to determine the shape and depth of the sea floor.
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Ecosystems
An ecosystem is made up of animals, plants and bacteria as well as the physical and chemical environment they live in. Human processes can disrupt entire ecosystems.
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Life in the freezer
It’s hard to believe, but plants do grow in the coldest, driest place on Earth. A long-running research project has studied how lichens and mosses manage to survive Antarctica’s sub-zero...
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NZ Research
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Science Ideas and Concepts
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Looking closer
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People
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Teaching and Learning Approaches
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Question Bank
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Key Terms
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