Hidden Beneath a Half Mile of Ice, Antarctic Lake Teems with Life
An fascinating result that give us believers in 'where's there's liquid water, anywhere in the universe, there's a strong chance there be life' a tiny bit more hope! Admittedly this lake has only been cut-off for about 5-10,000 years. But the fact there is an eco-system surviving in such a place it is still interesting.
(I note that a similar drill was done on another covered lake in 2013, in Antarctica, and similar findings were uncovered, so it's not earth-shattering news, but still...at least they didn't find a sterile lake!)
Obviously the next big one to search would be Lake Vostok, (although as the article states, that lake has very difficult conditions to operate on), which may have been cut off for millions of years. If there's something still living down there, odds on something living on the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn must surely drop.
An fascinating result that give us believers in 'where's there's liquid water, anywhere in the universe, there's a strong chance there be life' a tiny bit more hope! Admittedly this lake has only been cut-off for about 5-10,000 years. But the fact there is an eco-system surviving in such a place it is still interesting.
(I note that a similar drill was done on another covered lake in 2013, in Antarctica, and similar findings were uncovered, so it's not earth-shattering news, but still...at least they didn't find a sterile lake!)
Obviously the next big one to search would be Lake Vostok, (although as the article states, that lake has very difficult conditions to operate on), which may have been cut off for millions of years. If there's something still living down there, odds on something living on the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn must surely drop.
