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Microscopic tardigrades discovered for the first time on Franz Josef Land archipelago
2024-09-28
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Microscopic tardigrades
…known in the vernacular as water bears or moss piglets, they’re eyeless, microscopic critters that live in the water and can survive extreme environments…
have been discovered for the first time on the Franz Josef Land archipelago. This was reported by the director of the Russian Arctic National Park, Alexander Kirilov.
According to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management:

Franz Josef Land is a multiisland archipelago that occupies an area of about 25,000 km² and, together with northern Svalbard, is an Arctic outpost of the European continent formed by the uplifted and highly broken northern margin of the Barents Shelf.
According to him, this year microbiologists from the Russian Technical University took part in a comprehensive expedition to the archipelago, studying the bacteriological population of the territory.

“In the samples they took, microscopic animals were found, up to about one millimeter in size, they are called ‘water bears’ or tardigrades,” TASS reports Kirilov as saying.
Always a good sign when things that ought to be in a place are found there. Well done!
Tardigrades are invertebrates that live in fresh water, wet mosses, and lichens. They can survive in a vacuum, boiling water, and temperatures below -250 degrees. They can also come back to life after almost complete dehydration.
Next, we go to Greece:
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 24, during excavations in the ancient city of Labrys, located 30 km from Anapa, archaeologists discovered two large altars dedicated to the ancient Greek god Apollo. According to the group of archaeologists, this ancient city was an important center of the ancient state of Sindica, which existed in this territory before our era.
The Labrys: Exploring the Evolution of the Sacred Double Axe from Neolithic Anatolia to the Minoan Labyrinth
Earlier, Russian scientists discovered bacteria that could be used to develop an innovative preparation for cleaning soils from oil products.

Posted by:badanov

#6  "Put a wig on it, and make her lame and gay!"
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-09-28 21:28  

#5  Whoopi V 3.0
Posted by: Frank G   2024-09-28 18:38  

#4  
Posted by: Frank G   2024-09-28 18:37  

#3  can survive extreme environments… like space

Sure, they are cute when they are tiny and microscope, but you don't want to be around when the big ones the size of a zeppelin show up. Remember that planet that used to be between Mars and Jupiter? The one that is now an asteroid belt? Tardigrades, man!
Posted by: SteveS   2024-09-28 17:11  

#2  "Tardigrades are among the most resilient animals known"

What a great archive for human DNA.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-09-28 09:44  

#1  can survive extreme environments…

like space
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-09-28 07:23  

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