Scientists Found a Strange Lifeform Under Arctic Ice. It Shouldn’t Be There.

Scientists Found a Strange Lifeform Under Arctic Ice. It Shouldn’t Be There.

The discovery of non-cyanobacteria diazotrophs underneath Arctic sea ice could change our understanding of the food web, as well as the ocean's carbon budget.

Arctic, 'impossible' bacteria affecting the climate under the ice

Below i sea ​​ice of theArctic they thrive believed life forms until now impossible in such difficult environmental conditions: it is about bacteria that fix nitrogen gas dissolved in watermaking it available for algae. These microorganisms are found mostly along the edges of the ice and it dissolution caused by global warming could favor theirs proliferationwith implications significant for the marine food chain and the carbon budget in the Arc…