Biodiversity boom in Antarctic soils driven by microbial cooperation

Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 22, 2025

In a surprising twist to assumptions about life in Earth's harshest environments, scientists have discovered a rich and diverse community of microbes thriving in Antarctic glacier forefields, suggesting biodiversity in these soils has been vastly underestimated. Led by Dr Dirk Wagner from the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences and the University of Potsdam, the research uncovered thousan