Mineral soils representative of local soil types were collected from four study sites in the McMurdo Dry Valleys: Miers Valley (78°05.486′S, 163°48.539′E, elevation 171 m), Beacon Valley ...

Antarctica’s Blood Falls is a mysterious crimson flow in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, discovered in 1911 by geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor. The bright red water seeping from the glacier into the ...

The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) are a cold desert region of Antarctica supporting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems that host microbial food webs, with few species of primitive animals (like ...