skywizard
18th March 2014, 15:29
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Moss growing on Signy Island offshore of Antarctica.
Moss frozen on an Antarctic island for more than 1,500 years was brought back to life in a British laboratory, researchers report.
The verdant growth marks the first time a plant has been resurrected after such a long freeze, the researchers said. "This is the very first instance we have of any plant or animal surviving for more than a couple of decades," said study co-author Peter Convey, an ecologist with the British Antarctic Survey.
There is potential for even longer cryopreservation, or survival by freezing, if mosses are blanketed by glaciers during a long ice age, the researchers think. Antarctica's oldest frozen mosses date back more than 5,000 years.
The findings were published today (March 17) in the journal Current Biology.
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Moss growing on Signy Island offshore of Antarctica.
Moss frozen on an Antarctic island for more than 1,500 years was brought back to life in a British laboratory, researchers report.
The verdant growth marks the first time a plant has been resurrected after such a long freeze, the researchers said. "This is the very first instance we have of any plant or animal surviving for more than a couple of decades," said study co-author Peter Convey, an ecologist with the British Antarctic Survey.
There is potential for even longer cryopreservation, or survival by freezing, if mosses are blanketed by glaciers during a long ice age, the researchers think. Antarctica's oldest frozen mosses date back more than 5,000 years.
The findings were published today (March 17) in the journal Current Biology.
[B]Read Full Story: http://www.livescience.com/44134-old-frozen-antarctic-moss-regrows.html
peace...