A group of scientists from the University of Alberta have revealed that plants that were frozen during the "Little Ice Age" centuries ago are sprouting new growth. The researchers have observed samples of 400-year-old plants known as bryophytes flourishing under laboratory conditions, the BBC reported. This back-from-the-dead trick has implications for how ecosystems recover from the planet's cyclic long periods of ice coverage, the researchers said. ...Wednesday 29 May 2013
Scientists Bring 400-year-old 'Ice Age' Plants Back to Life
A group of scientists from the University of Alberta have revealed that plants that were frozen during the "Little Ice Age" centuries ago are sprouting new growth. The researchers have observed samples of 400-year-old plants known as bryophytes flourishing under laboratory conditions, the BBC reported. This back-from-the-dead trick has implications for how ecosystems recover from the planet's cyclic long periods of ice coverage, the researchers said. ...
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