# @seed on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BhKTJ-BH8B8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34247995-seed-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/76cde68d53.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-04-04T19:52:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Seed (@seed) — https://gondola.cc/seed

## Caption

This #polar #bear might not know it, but he's not alone.⠀
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We thought for a long time that polar #ice and #snow ❄️ were sterile—too bitterly #cold to support #life within.⠀
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But #researchers from the University of York have recently discovered #bacteria living in these severe conditions. Working at carefully quarantined sites in both the #Arctic and #Antarctic, they sterilized samples of snow with UV #light ☀️, and compared them to untreated samples. The #natural snow contained traces of methyl iodide, a by-product of certain bacteria.⠀
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This new knowledge has #profound implications. Knowing that bacteria can survive in such harsh #environments expands the possibility for life on other #planets previously deemed too cold.

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## Tags

natural, snow, profound, researchers, environments, bacteria, ice, cold, planets, life, arctic, polar, bear, light, antarctic

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