A Secret of Bedrock in Antarctica

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Beneath Antarctica’s icy veil, the Transantarctic Mountains hide a secret: ancient bedrock, shaped by millions of years of tectonic upheaval and glacial cycles. Geologists, led by Timothy Paulsen, uncovered this hidden world through mineral grains, revealing a dynamic past of mountain formation and erosion that could unlock clues to the continent’s role in global sea level rise

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