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Hot Springs Microbes Hold Key To Dating Sedimentary Rocks, Researchers Say part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is a ScienceDaily article about the effect of microbes on sedimentary rock formation. It covers the process of calcium carbonate crystalization, the effect of microbes on that process, and how ...
"Miracle" Microbes Thrive at Earth's Extremes part of SERC Web Resource Collection
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 ...
Mopping up arsenic part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Geotimes article focuses on arsenic and discusses the problem of ground water laden with arsenic compounds, and how remediation of these waters can be done using various methods including ...
Canyon Country Ecosystems Research Site (CCERS) part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page provides information about research dedicated to the long-term study of the ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau. The page covers in brief the ...
Garbage-eating Geobacter part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Geotimes article highlights recent work done by Derek Lovley on the microbe Geobacter. The article discusses the ability of Geobacter to eat metal wastes as well as the prospect of using ...
Black Smokers part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This brief web article features black smokers and discusses the history of their discovery, the geologic processes creating black smokers, and the various life forms inhabiting this extreme ...
Black Smoker, Hydrothermal Vent part of SERC Web Resource Collection
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 ...
The Chesapeake Bay's Dead Zone part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Chesapeake Bay Foundation fact sheet provides information regarding the cause and growth of the Chesapeake Bay dead zone. The site also addresses possible solutions to the hypoxia and includes a ...
Tardigrades part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This online article describes tardigrades and discusses how amateur microscopists can help scientists understand more about microscopic organisms called tardigrades, commonly known as water bears. ...
New Jersey Tardigrade Survey part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This image-rich web page represents highlights from the New Jersey Tardigrade Survey conducted by Michael Shaw, under the guidance of William Miller. A map of New Jersey site locations is followed by ...