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Microbial Life in Extreme Environments
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Microbiological Garden part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Microbiological Garden features specialized collections with images and informative paragraphs covering microbial-based topics including: foyer, microbes in the kitchen, bacteria on our skin, ...
Western Adventures in Math and Science part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site is home to the Western Adventures in Math and Science (WAMS) Program at Western Oregon University, a partnering organization with the Red Layer Microbial Observatory Project to provide a ...
Deep Sea Coring part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Ocean and Climate Change Institute module features a brief, but image-rich overview of ocean drilling and sediment analysis to determine paleoclimate (past climate). This site is the first of a ...
Red Tide part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Nova Scotia museum informational web page represents the Red Tide section of an online collection about poisonous plants. The page reviews several microscopic marine algae that are notoriously ...
NASA Astrobiology Institute part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides information on NAI research, a library of publications, sections for teachers and students, and an Ask An Expert section. The student section features Astro-Venture, where students ...
Turbidity and TSS part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This image-rich Streams.org website describes turbidity and total suspended solids (TSS). It includes overviews about what they are, why they are measured, how they are measured, and why they vary. ...
Introduction to the "Slime Molds" part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This educational page introduces the three main groups of slime molds: plasmodial slime molds, cellular slime molds, and Labyrinthulomycota. It offers a description of each and discusses their life ...
Martian Micromagnets part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This astrobiology article reports another case for ancient life on Mars – a meteorite from Mars peppered with tiny magnetic crystals that on our planet are only made by bacteria. A transmission ...
The Worm that Boasts Earth's Hottest Lifestyle part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This brief Exploratorium dispatch reports that the Pompeii worm, an inhabitant of hydrothermal vent ecosystems, can withstand hotter temperatures than any other creature on earth can -- except for ...