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Life in Ancient Ice (Paperback)
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Life in Ancient Ice (Paperback)
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Life in Ancient Ice presents an unparalleled overview of current
research into microbial life in ancient glacial ice and permafrost.
Particulates of fungi, bacteria, pollen grains, protists, and
viruses are carried by wind around the globe. When they fall to
Earth in polar regions they may be trapped in ice for hundreds of
millennia. Some of the many implications sound like science
fiction--for example, might melting glaciers release ancient
pathogens that yield modern-day pandemics? But rigorous,
coordinated research is nascent. This book points the way forward.
Based on a National Science Foundation-sponsored symposium
organized by the editors in 2001, it comprises twenty chapters by
internationally renowned scientists, including Russian experts
whose decades of work has been rarely available in English. The
book begins by setting forth many protocols that have been used to
study microorganisms trapped in ice, discussing their potential
sources and presenting evidence for microbial metabolic activity at
temperatures below freezing. This is followed by nine chapters
describing the fungi, bacteria, and viruses that have been found in
permafrost and glacial ice. Later chapters include a look at
Antarctica's subglacial Lake Vostok, at a robot that can be lowered
into ice to detect microbes, and at the use of icy environments on
Earth as model systems for studying similar environments on planets
and moons. The editors conclude by reviewing key discoveries and
outlining important areas for future research. Originally published
in 2005. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
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