Ancient life has been resurrected from the bowels of a military tunnel that penetrates the Alaskan permafrost. Some of the microbes thawed from these long-frozen soils have been trapped for 40,000 years. Now, they've been reawakened.
CU Boulder researchers have awakened microbes trapped in Arctic permafrost for tens of thousands of years--and found that they spring back to life when thawed. Their activity could offer new insights into climate feedbacks and Earth's ancient ecosystems.
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