How Antarctica's Blood Falls came to be

Salty water flowing through Antarctica's Blood Falls contains a distinct community of marine-specific microorganisms, providing evidence that the brine system beneath the glacier has a marine origin, according to a paper published in Nature Geoscience. The findings offer new…

Mysterious Blood Falls in Antarctica: Scientists uncover major clue to its origins Scientists have found a major clue about the origins of red Blood Falls in East Antarctica’s Taylor Valley. The red colored brine oozing out of a haunting waterfall was believed to be rich in iron;

Brine that feeds the gruesome-looking Blood Falls in East Antarctica may have been emplaced when sea levels were higher than they are now, a new study says.

This community of microorganisms holds the answer to a longstanding scientific mystery, according to the researchers.

The bright, red-orange stain on Antarctica’s ice-covered landscape may trace back to ancient oceans