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Antarctic Lake Vostok buried under two miles of ice found to teem with life
telegraph.co.uk ^
| 3:23PM BST 06 Jul 2013
Posted on 07/07/2013 5:51:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Analysis of ice cores obtained from the basin of Lake Vostok, the subglacial lake that Russian scientists drilled down to in 2012, have revealed DNA from an estimated 3,507 organisms.
While the majority were found to be bacteria, many of which were new to science, there were also other single celled organisms and multicellular organisms found, including from fungi.
The diversity of life from the lake has surprised scientists as many had thought the lake would be sterile due to the extreme conditions.
Lake Vostok was first covered by ice more than 15 million years ago and is now buried 12,000 feet beneath the surface, creating huge pressures. Few nutrients were expected to be found.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: antarctic; antarctica; catastrophism; cryptobiology; cryptozoology; godsgravesglyphs; lakevostok; russia
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks BenLurkin.
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posted on
07/07/2013 7:44:02 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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posted on
07/07/2013 7:45:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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posted on
07/07/2013 7:46:47 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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posted on
07/07/2013 7:48:37 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: BenLurkin
I care about bacteria in a sub ice pack lake in Antarctica?
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posted on
07/07/2013 7:51:58 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: WorkingClassFilth
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posted on
07/07/2013 8:03:02 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: central_va
I care about bacteria in a sub ice pack lake in Antarctica?Enough to click on the thread then post.
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posted on
07/07/2013 8:33:08 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein.)
To: Mr. K
Obama:Been there. Done that....many moons ago.
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posted on
07/07/2013 8:53:35 PM PDT
by
lbryce
(BHO:"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds by way Oppenheimer at Trinity NM)
To: SunkenCiv
Was gonna ping ya, but ya beat me to it dangnabbit.
To: UCANSEE2
There are 3507 different organisms now. How many were there 15 million years ago ?The scientists should check the archives.
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posted on
07/07/2013 9:22:07 PM PDT
by
ThanhPhero
(Khach hanh huong den La Vang)
To: Mr. K
“Maybe we can get Obama to probe Uranus!”
Somehow I just knew that someone would figure out a way to get him interested in a space program.
To: struggle
Nope. Gotta leave that one alone.
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posted on
07/07/2013 9:31:11 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
"They" don't understand human nature. If we got a message like that, Europa would be the first place we go.
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posted on
07/07/2013 9:53:54 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
To: Hardraade
Are you still keeping track? There have been so many you’d think I might have flubbed at least one...but nope. All for all with plenty to go.
Next in that area should be the reservoir which SHOULD have been a no brainer years ago.
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posted on
07/07/2013 11:22:05 PM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
To: Cyber Liberty
I'm betting "They" taste even better than Dolphin and Baby Seal.
Book title: To serve They.
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posted on
07/08/2013 12:06:13 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
To: UCANSEE2
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posted on
07/08/2013 2:45:39 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: Eaker
When I hear the phrase “teem with life” I don’t think bacteria.
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posted on
07/08/2013 2:58:18 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: BenLurkin
Applying some science and math to this. Back in graduate school, I remember hearing that roughly a 1/3 of all bacteria are human pathogens.
Article says that majority of what was found (3507) were new unknown bacterias. So using that critera...... That would mean at least 1754 new bacteria times 1/3 = 584 potential new pathogens. Of course some may be as mild as a cold, but who is to say that one of them is has the ability to spread like a cold, and is as deadly as Bubonic.
I say they autoclave this research, and let Lake Vostok be.
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posted on
07/08/2013 4:17:21 AM PDT
by
catfish1957
(Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
To: catfish1957
After giving this some more thought, I am guessing that the 584 number I stated, may be overstated. The water in Lake Vostok is probably pretty close to freezing to probably no more than 50 degrees at the bottom. These organisms are acclimated to the cold climes, so a human as a host at 98.6 is probably less likely, but who knows, bacteria and viruses for that matter have varying amounts of adaptability, and can handle different levels of environmental conditions.
Still a scary thought, letting something unknown loose like that, but the 584 is too big a number.
On the other hand, are these based on one geographical core? If that is the case, who can say what lurks underneath one side of the lake or the other?
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posted on
07/08/2013 4:24:33 AM PDT
by
catfish1957
(Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
To: BenLurkin
"If you can call that living"
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posted on
07/08/2013 5:48:09 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
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