Nach 7000 Jahren ohne Licht und Luft im Ostseeschlamm: Forschende erwecken prähistorische Alge wieder zum Leben

7,000 years old and not even tired:
A team at #IO-Warnemuende has reactivated ancient diatoms from Baltic Sea sediments – alive, photosynthetically active, genetically traceable. A time capsule meets climate research.
#ResurrectionEcology #PhytoArk #ClimateChange
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After 7,000 years without light and oxygen in Baltic Sea mud, researchers bring prehistoric algae back to life A research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) was able to revive dormant stages of algae that sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea almost 7,000 years ago.…

Researchers bring #prehistoric #algae back to life ...

| #diatom | #light | #oxygen | #PHYTOARK | #paleoecological | By Leibniz_IOW via @sciencex.bsky.social