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this post was submitted on 19 May 2024
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Nice article, but that headline is so misleading, I'm not inclined to upvote it.
tl;dr: Microorganisms used to live without oxygen. Some organisms started sprewing oxygen. Oxygen killed off most of these oxygen-free microorganisms. Life evolved and adapted. There's this lake in which the bottom layer is oxygen-less and oxygen-free microorganisms exist there. Scientists are doing a bunch of studies of this ecosystem.
I wouldn't call those organisms "alien." They were first in this planet!
And lethal...
I mean, sure. We'd deserve it for striking first.
Edit: I misunderstood your comment. I see it now :)
My bad. I meant the "lethal" in the title. Title makes it sound as if a deadly pandemic happens if that lake thaws.
Oh hehe, apologies.
And I know, right?!! So click-baity.