Palaeontology
Glacier 'bleeds' proof of ancient life forms
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T.K. RandallApril 20, 2009 ·
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Image Credit: Peter Rejcek
A rust-stained substance gushing from a glacier or 'Blood Falls' in Antarctica has provided scientists with proof that ancient microbes survived in seawater under the Antarctic ice for millions of years.
Gushing from a glacier, rust-stained Blood Falls contains evidence that microbes have survived in prehistoric seawater deep under ice for perhaps millions of years, a new study says. The colony of microscopic life-forms may have been trapped when Antarctica's then advancing Taylor Glacier reached into the ocean 1.5 to 4 million years ago. "
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National Geographic |
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