Puca Glacier (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Puca Glacier

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A University of Colorado at Boulder study of microbes beneath the retreating Puca Glacier at 16,400 feet in the Peruvian Andes is the first to show how life becomes established and flourishes in one of the most extreme environments on Earth. Shown is CU-Boulder postdoctoral researcher Elizabeth Costello, a study co-author.

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Photo courtesy Steve Schmidt/University of Colorado

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