Roberta Kwok
Article posted on :March 16,2012
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/03/ancient-flower-blooms-again/
Could you survive 30,000 years under ice and not die? Probably not, due to many issues you would face, but scientist have found a fruit of an ancient plant which was frozen underground in Siberia. It had been there for about 31,800 years, using their skills /the fruit scientists grew a plant with white petals. This plant was also the oldest scientists have ever had that they could bring back to life after being frozen which is pretty amazing.
“This is like regenerating a dinosaur from tissues of an ancient egg,” University of California, Los Angeles biologist Jane Shen-Miller told Science News.
People believe these plant seeds got there this way: long ago, squirrels would hide their seeds into the ground, however, the ground then froze and became permafrost so the seeds stayed there until the scientist discovered them, they were 38 meters underground. Experiments were tried on these seeds, to see what they could resist, how they grow faster etc. Botanist Bengt Oxelman told Science news these plants look like a type called silene stenophylla except for the fact that these ancient plants have narrower petals. Scientist all over the world are now freezing plant seeds and experimenting all over the globe in case a plant goes extinct they still have a reserve. So after all now scientists have proof that fruits and seeds can survive in the ice for a long period, and they are now to experiment as much as it takes to find possible reasons and new answer to this topic.
I chose this topic because I found it very interesting that a plant seed/fruit would survive in the ice for so many years since it is limited to water and everything else it needs. I know this is not about astronomy but it sounded pretty cool and I wanted to share it with the others.
Article posted on :March 16,2012
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/03/ancient-flower-blooms-again/
Could you survive 30,000 years under ice and not die? Probably not, due to many issues you would face, but scientist have found a fruit of an ancient plant which was frozen underground in Siberia. It had been there for about 31,800 years, using their skills /the fruit scientists grew a plant with white petals. This plant was also the oldest scientists have ever had that they could bring back to life after being frozen which is pretty amazing.
“This is like regenerating a dinosaur from tissues of an ancient egg,” University of California, Los Angeles biologist Jane Shen-Miller told Science News.
People believe these plant seeds got there this way: long ago, squirrels would hide their seeds into the ground, however, the ground then froze and became permafrost so the seeds stayed there until the scientist discovered them, they were 38 meters underground. Experiments were tried on these seeds, to see what they could resist, how they grow faster etc. Botanist Bengt Oxelman told Science news these plants look like a type called silene stenophylla except for the fact that these ancient plants have narrower petals. Scientist all over the world are now freezing plant seeds and experimenting all over the globe in case a plant goes extinct they still have a reserve. So after all now scientists have proof that fruits and seeds can survive in the ice for a long period, and they are now to experiment as much as it takes to find possible reasons and new answer to this topic.
I chose this topic because I found it very interesting that a plant seed/fruit would survive in the ice for so many years since it is limited to water and everything else it needs. I know this is not about astronomy but it sounded pretty cool and I wanted to share it with the others.
