An uncharted reservoir of briny liquid, buried under an inland Antarctic glacier, supports unusual microbial life in a place where life is unthinkable. After sampling the outflow from below Taylor Glacier of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, researchers believe that microbes have adapted over the past 1.5 million years to manipulate sulphur and iron compounds to survive, without photosynthesis.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/microbes-detected-under-antarctic-ice
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/micro-organisms
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/life-science
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antarctica
