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sorcrow

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4. Very interesting

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 05:52 PM

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I had no idea that Romania had conditions that would allow 10000 year old ice to survive. Google Romanian glacier for a great lesson about underground glaciers.

I had no idea that underground glaciers were a thing as opposed to permafrost

The bacteria aspect is a little scary.

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Sorghum Crow

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