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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 ...

Phylum: Tardigrada (water bears, tardigrades) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/metazoa/tardigrades/...
This web page describes water bears, minute animals that can remain dormant in a dry state for over 100 years. The page addresses what they are, where they are found, their general biology, ...

Life's Limit part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.astrobio.net/index.php?option=com_exclusive&t...
Dr. Rocco Mancinelli of the SETI Institute is featured in this web article discussing the environmental limits to life including extreme life forms that can thrive in harsh conditions of salt, ...

Life Under a Spanish Red River part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/424/life-under-a-sp...
This magazine article introduces the Rio Tinto - a polluted, acidic river in Spain - and its significance in the Mars Analog Research and Technology Experiment (MARTE). As part of NASA�s search ...

Survival of the Fittest Microbes: Examining the Conditions of One River and the Microbes that Thrive There part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2002052...
In this lesson, created for grades 6 - 12, students learn about the harsh conditions of Spain's Rio Tinto River and research the microbes that nonetheless manage to thrive there. They then ...

Hands-on Experiments To Test for Acid Mine Drainage part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.usgs.gov/
This is an on-line prototype for a book aimed at teaching kids the effects of acid mine drainage on our environment through experimentation and observation. Experiments introduce litmus paper, pH ...

Seen and Unseen: Discovering the Microbes of Yellowstone part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book takes readers on a tour of Yellowstone's microbial flora and fauna. Photographed using state-of-the-art technology, each microbe is presented with photographs of the environment where ...

The Goldilocks Zone part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://science.nasa.gov/resource/goldilocks-zone/
This on-line news article introduces the Goldilocks Zone, an area of space adequate for the survival of life. Initially believed to be a remarkably small region of space that didn't even include ...

Geysers: Lower Geyser Basin part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.yellowstonenationalpark.com/lowergeyser.htm
This Yellowstone National Park web site is dedicated to Lower Geyser Basin. It includes images and descriptions of Queen's Laundry and Sentinel Meadows, Sentinel Cone, Ojo Caliente, Pocket Basin ...

The Mysterious Life of Caves part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/caves/
This is a companion website to a NOVA television series investigating strange life-forms found in toxic caverns. The program reviews the traditional theory of cave formation; introduces new theories ...