SCIENCE BRIEFING
Times Staff and Wire Reports
Scientists investigating a flow of blood-red water from beneath an Antarctic glacier have discovered strange bacteria living on sulfur and iron compounds.
The scientists believe the pool of water was trapped about 1.5 million years ago when the glacier moved over a lake. Most of the bacteria are descended from marine microorganisms and are able to live without the food and light sources of the open ocean.
The findings were reported in Friday’s edition of the journal Science.
