Polar glaciers may be home to previously undiscovered carbon cycle
Research in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys indicates that microbes are a source of organic material
Date:
April 12, 2017
Source:
National Science Foundation
Summary:
Microbes in streams flowing on the surface of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic may represent a previously underestimated source of organic material and be part of an as yet undiscovered 'dynamic local carbon cycle,' according to a new paper.
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