Life in Ancient Ice. - Castello, John D. & Rogers, Scott O., eds.
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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, coordinat...
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2005 Uitgever: Princeton University Press 307 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0691074755 ISBN-13: 9780691074757Koop dit boek tweedehands
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