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  2. Anoxycalyx joubini - Wikipedia

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    The giant volcano sponge (Anoxycalyx joubini) is a species of Antarctic sponge. [1] It is one of the largest sponges in the world which can grow up to a diameter of 1.5 metres (5 feet) and 1.95 metres (6.5 feet) in height. [2] The species may have an extremely long lifespan, with estimates of up to 15,000 years. [3]

  3. McMurdo Station - Wikipedia

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    Gersemia antarctica (a soft coral) growing in the water near McMurdo. The giant volcano sea sponge (Anoxycalyx joubini) is estimated to live between 6 thousand to up to 40 thousand years, and grow up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) in diameter and 1.95 meters (6.5 feet) high. [105]

  4. McMurdo Sound - Wikipedia

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    McMurdo Sound experiences katabatic winds from the Antarctic polar plateau. McMurdo Sound freezes over with sea ice about 3 metres (9.8 ft) thick during the winter. During the austral summer when the pack ice breaks up, wind and currents may push the ice northward into the Ross Sea, stirring up cold bottom currents that spill into the ocean basins.

  5. McMurdo Volcanic Group - Wikipedia

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    The McMurdo Volcanic Group is a large group of Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the western Ross Sea and central Transantarctic Mountains areas of Antarctica. [1] It is one of the largest provinces of alkaline volcanism in the world, having formed as a result of continental rifting along the West Antarctic Rift System .

  6. What happens when underwater volcano erupts? Photos show ...

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  7. Demosponge - Wikipedia

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    Red volcano sponge (Acarnus erithacus, Poecilosclerida). Spermatocytes develop from the transformation of choanocytes and oocytes arise from archeocytes . Repeated cleavage of the zygote egg takes place in the mesohyl and forms a parenchymella larva with a mass of larger internal cells surrounded by small, externally flagellated cells.

  8. Scientists track changes at the Yellowstone supervolcano ...

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    Scientists are tracking changes at the giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park, but they say there's no need to worry at the moment. “The western part of the Yellowstone ...

  9. Geology of Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    At the time of the Cambrian explosion, as multi-cellular became commonplace, Arkansas was primarily flooded by rivers and a shallow marine environment.In the Ozark region, calcareous, quartzose sand and clay deposited, while the Ouachita area witnessed the formation of alternating layers of sand, clay, silt and small amounts of lime mud.