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Oases for Life on the Mid-Caymen Rise
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
10/21/09 |
| Summary: A team of oceanographers and astrobiologists is currently exploring one of the deepest points in the Caribbean Sea. Follow their blog as they search for life in this extreme seafloor environment. |
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Searching for Alien Life, on Earth
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
10/05/09 |
| Summary: Mono Lake, just east of Yosemite National Park, is a place of bizarre natural beauty. It also boasts one of the highest natural concentrations of arsenic on Earth. The latter fact, says geomicrobiologist Felisa Wolfe-Simon, makes it a good spot to look for alien life. |
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Fun Science: Iceberg Chasing and Laser Lights
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
09/28/09 |
| Summary: During the 2009 AMASE Expedition to Svalbard, scientists were able to carry out 'fun science' activities in addition to their normal research schedule. In this report, team member Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco discusses projects like 'iceberg chasing' and developing Raman spectroscopy for Mars. |
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Adding Up the Odds for Life
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
09/20/09 |
| Summary: Researchers are laying the groundwork for a new equation that could mathematically quantify whether or not a particular environment is habitable for life as we know it. The concept is based on the Drake equation, which was developed for estimating the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy. |
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Roving the Ocean Floor
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
09/12/09 |
| Summary: A rover that has been driving across the ocean floor off the California coast is providing researchers with an entirely new view of life in the deep ocean. The Benthic Rover is exploring the unique habitats deep below the Pacific waters and is also helping document the effects of climate change on these fragile environments. |
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Subtracting Sulfur
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
07/14/09 |
| Summary: Microbes from the ocean have been shown to process methane in ways that were previously unknown. The discovery could help astrobiologists understand how the early biosphere of Earth interacted with our planet's atmosphere. |
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Wanted: Easy-Going Martian Roommates
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
07/13/09 |
| Summary: Mars is not for the finicky. If something does live there, it's likely going to be similar to the more adaptive life forms on our planet. A group of researchers is studying a particular microbe that they think could be a model for Mars life. |
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Coaxing Cold Colonies Back to Life
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
06/26/09 |
| Summary: A bacterium recovered from beneath three kilometers of glacial ice in Greenland may hold clues as to how life could exist on other planets. Astrobiologists are now studying the unique organism, which has been isolated under ice for over 120,000 years. |
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Sphere
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
06/15/09 |
| Summary: A team of researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute conducted the first field test earlier this year of a new configuration of Deep-ESP. The device is designed to perform long-term studies of how deep-sea ecosystems respond to environmental changes. |
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Erupting with Life
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
05/08/09 |
| Summary: Scientists have been studying a unique undersea volcano that appears to be continuously active and supports unique biological communities. The site, dubbed NW Rota-1, is located near the Island of Guam and is helping astrobiologist understand how life can thrive under extreme conditions in the depths of the oceans. |
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