Media Category: MCM

When a frozen landscape, such as this one in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, thaws — it makes all kinds of new connections. Mike Gooseff, McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER. CC-BY 4.0

MCM LTER

The Wormherders take soil samples from the SLIME experiment site on the northern shore of Lake Bonney. On their left is the dive hut used by other LTER scientists who dove under the ice to collect lake sediment samples. On their right is a sensor station that records information from buried soil moisture sensors on the lakeshore. Natasha Griffin (CC BY 4.0)

Dr. Byron Adams (left) and Alyssa Pike (right) sort newly collected soil samples. Later, they’ll analyze the soil animals and chemistry in the samples to understand how the soil ecosystem is changing as Lake Bonney rises. Natasha Griffin (CC BY 4.0)

The ‘Wormherders’ make their way across the permanent ice cover over Lake Bonney to their research site.