A melting glacier on Deception Island in Antarctica, with green plants and moss colonising the bare ground


A melting glacier on Deception Island in Antarctica, with green plants and moss colonising the bare ground. As the Antarctic Peninsular warms, plants are becoming more abundant and spreading south.


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