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Permafrost’s photosynthetic microorganisms thrive in the Arctic

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Drs Vishnivetskaya and Rivkina study the biogeochemical processes of microbial communities in areas of permafrost, such as the Siberian tundra, as well as their functionality after being frozen

Permafrost is found across the Arctic and Antarctic – perennially frozen landscapes that can harbour microscopic life. Researchers Dr Tatiana Vishnivetskaya from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Dr Elizaveta Rivkina from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Pushchino, have collected permafrost sediment samples from polar regions to study the photosynthetic microorganisms within. The results of […]

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