A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet

• Main Authors: Priscu, John C., Christner, Brent C., Achberger, Amanda M., Barbante, Carlo, Carter, Sasha, Christianson, Knut, Michaud, Alexander B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/8712

Liquid water has been known to occur beneath the Antarctic ice sheet for more than 40 years1, but only recently have these subglacial aqueous environments been recognized as microbial ecosystems that may influence biogeochemical transformations on a global scale2, 3, 4. Here we present the first geo...