# Unveiling Ancient Life: Microorganisms in Melting Glaciers in Swiss Alps

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Podcast: [The Swiss Connection](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-swiss-connection-1071732)
Published: 2024-12-10T13:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail This episode takes listeners to the Rhone glacier in the Alps, which is rapidly melting and releasing ancient microorganisms. These microorganisms, which have been trapped in the ice for thousands of years, are now being studied by scientists from the Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape (WSL). Journalists Céline Stegmüller and Luigi Jorio join the researchers on the glacier to observe their methods of collecting and analyzing these microorganisms....

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