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Harvard researcher Ann Pearson points to the Taylor Glacier, where Blood Falls is located. Enlarge to show an overview photograph of Blood Falls by Peter Rejcek of the National Science Foundation.

Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard News Office

Microbes thrive in harsh, isolated water under Antarctic glacier

A reservoir of briny liquid buried deep beneath an Antarctic glacier supports hardy microbes that have lived in isolation for millions of years, researchers report this week in the journal Science.

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