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AUDIO: Ambient music plays

VISUAL: Microscope footage of a moss piglet

TEXT ON SCREEN:  This is a moss piglet

(Officially known as a tardigrade)

A tiny critter that is almost indestructible

VISUAL: Microscope footage of a moss piglet in some dirt and vegetation

TEXT ON SCREEN: This one lives in water droplets in the moss and soil of Antarctica

VISUAL: Microscope footage of a moss piglet

TEXT ON SCREEN: Moss piglets and other microscopic critters are critical to the soil life cycle there

VISUAL: Footage of earthworms in dirt

TEXT ON SCREEN: Conditions are too harsh for bigger soil invertebrates like worms

VISUAL: Microscope image of a moss piglet and other microcritters in some dirt and vegetation

TEXT ON SCREEN: so it’s down to these tough little critters to keep the soil healthy through nutrient cycling and decomposition

VISUAL: Researcher getting a sample of moss

TEXT ON SCREEN: RMIT scientists are looking at how they cope in contaminated soil

VISUAL: Two researchers waving at camera, panning away to shot of Antarctic landscape

TEXT ON SCREEN: They’re the first in the world to study the effect of soil contamination on moss piglets

VISUAL: Gloved hand holds some moss while the other hand moves it around with tweezers

TEXT ON SCREEN: It’s part of research to develop the first guidelines for healthy, clean soils in Antarctica

VISUAL: Footage of Antarctica from inside a helicopter, footage of a plane landing

TEXT ON SCREEN:  Minimising our environmental impact

VISUAL: Footage of Antarctican landscape

TEXT ON SCREEN: And protecting one of the most vulnerable - and breathtaking - places on the planet

TEXT ON SCREEN: Supported by

VISUAL: Australian Antarctic Program logo

VISUAL: RMIT University logo