Researchers investigate 'bright green' wall discovered deep in caves of New Mexico: 'Untouched for 49 million years'

Researchers investigate 'bright green' wall discovered deep in caves of New Mexico: 'Untouched for 49 million years'

Microbes surviving without any light in a New Mexico cave system are photosynthesizing using invisible light, the BBC reported. Hazel Barton, a professor of geological sciences at the University of Alabama, and Lars Behrendt, a microbial biologist at Uppsala University, explored the Carlsbad Caverns together in 2018. Deep inside an alcove far from the public walkway, they spotted bright green cyanobacteria blanketing the cave walls, thriving wit…