Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Reveals a Cryptic Methane-Fueled Ecosystem in Flooded Caves

ENN
Nov 30, 2017, 8:06 am15 pts
In the underground rivers and flooded caves of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where Mayan lore described a fantastical underworld, scientists have found a cryptic world in its own right.Here, methane and the bacteria that feed off it form the lynchpin of an ecosystem that is similar to what has been found in…

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