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Black spruce grows almost as far north as the Arctic Ocean.


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Colonies of bacteria live underneath glaciers, where they produce gas which erodes the rock under the glaciers. Researchers believe that this may account for the large amounts of carbon dioxide found underneath the Greenland ice sheet.
6 FEBRUARY 1999, P. 25
New Scientist
6 FEBRUARY 1999, P. 25

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