Are there microorganisms in Antarctica? Is there really an ancient virus in Antarctica?

There are microorganisms, and microorganisms can adapt to various extreme environments.

There really are ancient viruses in Antarctica.

Antarctic glaciers are also one of the wonders of the earth, these continents formed tens of millions of years ago, not only store more than 95% of the world's permanent glaciers, more than 72% of the world's freshwater resources, but also like a wordless book, deep in the depth of a lot of extremely valuable natural science information.

Not only is it the purest and most beautiful, but it is also the coldest and most mysterious.

To the north of Antarctic Vostochny Station there is a large glacier with a thickness of 4,200 meters. It is unbelievable that there is a mysterious lake under this glacier.

In the early years, Russian scientists tried to enter the subglacial lake. However, when the drill bit reached about 130 meters from the subglacial lake, the Russians stopped drilling.

Because they feared that during the drilling process, modern microorganisms would pollute the lake, which had been mothballed for centuries; Another biggest concern is the fear that an ancient virus hiding in the subglacial lake will "seep in" to the surface, leading to a new epidemic of infectious diseases with catastrophic consequences for humanity.

Are these viruses really that scary:

Russian scientists were the first to discover these viruses and sealed them for study. The discovery of these viruses came from at least 30,000 years ago, and the complexity of their bodies, the Russian scientific brigade Xun Zaojia said that he had never seen them in his life. He said that HIV was like a child in front of these viruses.

Normally, we can only come into contact with a dozen or so genomes, but more than 1,500 genomes have been found in glacial viruses, and the more genomes there are, the more difficult it is to find effective solutions for this virus. Therefore, once this virus is resurrected in the glacier, it will be devastating to humanity.

At present, scientists still do not know under what conditions these glacial viruses will be resurrected, but at least they are safest if they are buried under the glacier. However, once the temperature in Antarctica rises, then the glaciers will melt and these ancient glacier viruses will be released, which must be a disaster for all mankind.

How many ancient viruses are hidden beneath the glaciers of Antarctica? Will these viruses be resurrected by global warming? What kind of catastrophe will these viruses bring to humanity? These are the unsolved mysteries of the world, and we are still exploring them in the hope of finding the real answers.

Scientists have discovered a species of archaea in Antarctica, a single-celled organism that looks like a bacterium but actually belongs to a separate life species.

Antarctica is very cold, but the soil of Antarctica contains some microorganisms that exist in an oxygen-free form, which is called a living time capsule. These microorganisms are similar to modern organic matter but completely different, which can be said to be the result of the constant presence in a relatively harsh environment.

The existence of many species of bacteria, as well as some fish and other marine life, indicates that there is life under Antarctica, and it is possible that this civilization has survived before.

Scientists have discovered that there was a large number of organisms in Antarctica a long time ago, as well as a large number of Antarctic birds.