Scientists find soil completely free of microbes in Antarctica

The simplest organisms are considered to be the hardiest on Earth

However, scientists have still managed to find a place on Earth where life is absentIn the dry desert near the Shackleton Glacier in Antarctica.Researchers have identified three factors that contributed to this.

According to scientists, severe cold, dryness andsalty air completely limits the chances of life emerging under these conditions. During the research, experts examined 200 soil samples, in which they did not find traces of the presence of protozoa. At the same time, microbiologists emphasized that there was no question that they had found sterile soil.

The discovery of germ-free soils in Antarctica is forcing scientists to reconsider the prospects of searching for extraterrestrial life. In particular, scientists are now not sure that life will be detected in the cold oceans of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. 

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