Scientists uncover extreme life inside the Arctic ice (news.stanford.edu)

92 points by hhs 10mo ago ↗ HN

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Who would have thought that they had been found before, but only now did they undertake a more detailed study.

htek 10mo ago ↗

I've seen this movie before. I hope the researchers are safe and checked their flamethrowers for fuel.

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mrweasel 10mo ago ↗

Extreme life - Sponsored by Red Bull.

jandrewrogers 10mo ago ↗

Reminds me of the ice worms[0] that live exclusively in the glacier ice of the Pacific Northwest. Also mild nightmare fuel.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesenchytraeus_solifugus

DaveZale 10mo ago ↗

I brought a sample of "pink snow" back to the lab- common at high altitudes in California. Under the scope, the algae were pink spheres.

Extremophiles are so interesting

dendrite9 10mo ago ↗

Maybe you can volunteer to send a sample to the Living Snow Project next year! It looks like they have samples from California, I've missed my opportunity in the last few years due to family stuff.

https://wp.wwu.edu/livingsnowproject/