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"Miracle" Microbes Thrive at Earth's Extremes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0917_040...
This news article introduces extremophiles, microbes found thriving in the most inhospitable environments on Earth. It reviews the differences between extremophiles and mesophiles, and how archaea ...

An Introduction to Biological Soil Crusts part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/crust101.htm
Biological soil crusts are the feature of this USGS Canyonlands Research Station website. The site provides an introduction to biological soil crusts with linked images, divided into the following ...

Soil Crusts: Technical Reference part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/advanced.htm
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page provides a link to download a 90-page PDF report summarizing current knowledge about biological soil crusts, with emphasis on crusts found in the ...

Black Smoker, Hydrothermal Vent part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ocean.udel.edu/kiosk/bsmoker.html
This website features an overview of the research of Dr. Craig Cary at the University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies. Dr. Cary's research focuses on black smokers and the ...

Ice Cube of Exotic Microbes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/234/ice-cube-of-exo...
This article describes a permafrost subglacial lake discovered beneath Antarctica. The lake offers scientists a chance to test their sterile drilling techniques before exploring elsewhere in search ...

The Student Revolution that Saved Mono Lake part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.monolake.org/newsletter/03spring/p03-6hart.pdf
This essay, written by a twelfth-grader in California, details the history of Mono Lake conservation. Beginning in 1976, it traces the events that inspired a few college students to form the Mono ...

Arsenic: Toxic to People, Vital for Some Microbes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20030519arseni...
This on-line newspaper article introduces arsenic-breathing bacteria. The article briefly describes the history and uses of arsenic and then explains how these microbes may be responsible for arsenic ...

Halophiles in Space part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://web.archive.org/web/20150915135125/http://archiv...
This two-minute video interview with SETI researcher Rocco Mancinelli describes his interest in halophiles and their adaptive abilities to withstand extreme environments, including the vacuum and ...

Voices: Rocco Mancinelli part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://archive.seti.org/videos/halophiles.mov
SETI scientist Rocco Mancinelli is featured in this interview about halophiles and their role in the search for extraterrestrial life. Mancinelli speaks to a young audience, recalling how he became ...

Utah Microbes May Have Come From Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/dailygecko_news/archives/2...
This article reports that halophiles of the Great Salt Lake produce pigments that shield their DNA from sun damage and enzymes that allow them to embrace hypersaline environments. The majority of ...