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Harry Baker

Thousands of hidden meteorites could be lost forever as they sink in Antarctic ice, taking their cosmic secrets with them

Dark rocks strewn across the ice in Antarctica.

Hundreds of thousands of pristine meteorites are currently littered across, or just below, Antarctica's icy surface. But most of these space rocks could be lost forever over the next few decades as they sink further into the ice due to rising temperatures, a new study suggests. 

That means we need to step up our efforts to find them before they disappear for good, the study authors argue.

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