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Scientists Confirm Life Under Antarctic Ice

Posted by samzenpus on from the cold-living dept.

MikeChino writes A new paper by a group of researchers from Montana State University confirms that life can survive under antarctic ice. Researchers led by John Priscu drilled down into the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and pulled up organisms called Archaea. These organisms survive by converting methane into energy, enabling them to survive where there is no wind or sunlight, buried deep under the ice.

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  1. The Old Ones by plopez · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They better not stir them up

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    putting the 'B' in LGBTQ+
  2. Re:Good for them by captainpanic · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This life is not necessarily in a circle of life. It can be methane formed in a similar way as natural gas or swamp gas. These can be pockets of methane that can eventually be depleted.

    I'm just speculating though. As a good /. member, I didn't even rtfa.