46 subglacial lakes discovered beneath East Antarctica's ice sheet using Variational Autoencoder analysis.
Chinese scientists discovered 46 subglacial lakes beneath the ice sheet in East Antarctica, utilizing an innovative analysis method. These lakes, found beneath the continent's thick ice sheet, are crucial for understanding ice sheet dynamics, sedimentary processes, and subglacial geochemical cycles. Researchers used a new approach involving Variational Autoencoder (VAE) to analyze ice radar data and uncover these hidden lakes.
April 21, 2024
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