New Species of Ancient Bacteria Discovered 2 Miles Deep in Greenland Glacier
Nick , La: Jun 5 2008
Made Popular Jun 5 2008
Yet another Earthly extremeophile, a new ultra-small species of bacteria that has survived for more than 120,000 years within the ice of a Greenland glacier at a depth of nearly two miles has been discovered by a team of Penn State scientists.
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Kushal Arora
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Kushal Arora Jun 7 2008
Mumbai, India
It is amazing to see how and where life adapts and persists on Earth. My god, 2 miles under ice that too with almost no nutrients and negligible oxygen, this might be one tough bacteria. However i hope our scientists may be successful some useful data from these tiny tough beings
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