Ancient microbes found living beneath the icy surface of Antarctic lake

Monday, November 26, 2012 - 16:01 in Earth & Climate

A pioneering study reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a living in a dark, salty and subfreezing environment beneath nearly 20 meters of ice in one of Antarctica's most isolated lakes.

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