Two super salty lakes, which were first detected below 550 meters of ice in the Arctic regions of Canada, occupy an area of from five to eight square kilometers, according to scientists.
Researchers have discovered two subglacial lakes on the Devon island ice with Canada, which, according to them, may shed more light on the origin of the Universe.
These “unique” lakes with areas up to eight square kilometres (about 4,970 miles) have a very high salt content, which, as scientists believe prevents them from freezing. They are below between 550 (0,34 km) meters and 700 meters (0.43 per km) of ice in the Arctic zone of Canada.
Bi-bi-si led Alison Murray from the desert research Institute in Nevada, stating that “the probability of life in these systems is high, although the simulated temperature, we can assume that biological activity will be severely restricted due to low temperature”.
Murray echoed by Claire cousins of the University of St Andrews, who noted that the extreme conditions of lakes “will help us understand the habitability of ice hypersaline environments.”
Scientists hope that studies of the lake will allow them not only to better understand the possibility of life in extreme conditions on Earth, “but also on other planetary bodies like the moon of Jupiter] of Europe.”
The opening of these two lakes comes after NASA announced in a recent report that she was thinking about the possibility of sending a mission to Europe to try to “determine whether or not we are alone in the Universe.”
Sourse: sputniknews.com
