Archive for September 17th, 2013

Extreme Life Forms: Life Found in the Sediments of an Antarctic Subglacial Lake for the First Time

Evidence of diverse life forms dating back nearly a hundred thousand years has been found in subglacial lake sediments by a group of British scientists. The possibility that extreme life forms might exist in the cold and dark lakes hidden kilometres beneath the Antarctic ice sheet has fascinated scientists for decades. However, direct sampling of […]