Teams from several New Zealand Universities as well as NIWA have recently discovered a large Amphipods ecosystem underneath Antarctica.

Amphipods are a crustacean largely found underwater, and in these circumstances over five hundred metres under the atlantic ice sheets.

The team found the ecosystem by accident after drilling through the river nearby and discovering the animals on their cameras.

To learn more, Liam spoke to NIWA oceanographer Craig Stevens about their findings and how the ecosystem could be affected by climate change.