A pioneer in cryobiology -- the study of extremely low temperatures on living things , discovered in Antarctica that certain fish produce an antifreeze molecule that lowers their freezing point enough to survive Antarctic waters . Scientists are testing to see whether the ice cap there is beginning to collapse . If so , they warn , a world warming cycle may be underway . And last , because Antarctica is one of the driest places on earth , thus enabling some telescopes to better see cosmic rays , this is one of the best places on earth to study that leads to one of the central paradoxes of cosmology .
A pioneer in cryobiology--the study of extremely low temperatures on living things, learned in Antarctica that certain fish produce an antifreeze molecule that lowers their freezing point enough to survive Antarctic waters. Glaciologists are testing to see whether the ice sheet there is beginning to collapse. If so, they warn, a world cataclysmic cycle may be underway. And last, because Antarctica is one of the driest places on earth, thus enabling some telescopes to better see cosmic radiation, this is one of the best places on earth to study that key to one of the central paradoxes of cosmology.