Frozen plants revived.

Centuries-old frozen plants revived

Eastern margin of the Tear Drop glacier Glacier retreat has markedly accelerated in the period since 2004 - and many new species lie beneath.Plants that were frozen during the "Little Ice Age" centuries ago have been observed sprouting new growth, scientists say. Samples of 400-year-old plants known as bryophytes have flourished under laboratory conditions. Researchers say this back-from-the-dead trick has implications for how ecosystems recover from the planet's cyclic long periods of ice coverage. The findings appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Wonder what implications that has for other frozen creatures?