Researchers collecting rock samples in Antarctica in the 1960s Polar Rock Repository
Microbes living beneath Antarctica鈥檚 ice sheet may survive on methane generated by geothermal heat rising from deep below Earth鈥檚 surface. The discovery could have implications for assessing the potential for life to survive on icy worlds beyond Earth.
鈥淭hese could be hotspots for microbes that are adapted to live in these areas,鈥 says at Brown University in Rhode Island.
We already know that there is methane beneath Antarctica鈥檚 ice sheet. Other…
