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Black Smokers part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/hellscrust/html/sid...
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 ...

Some Like it Hot part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.astrobio.net/index.php?option=com_exclusive&t...
NASA Astrobiologist Jack Farmer is featured in this web article that focuses on microrganisms found in Yellowstone hot springs and ocean floor hydrothermal vents. Included within the article are ...

Microbial Wonders of the Deep part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.thesecondlayer.com/marine/
Microbial Wonders of the Deep explores a number of interesting and highly adaptive organisms within some of the most extreme environments imaginable- those of the deep ocean. The website focuses on ...

Life without Volcanic Heat part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/news_stories/news_detail.cfm?ID=52
This site is a news article by NASA Astrobiology Institute featuring Deborah Kelly from the University of Washington. She talks about the navigational challenges of reaching this newly discovered ...

Red Layer Microbial Observatory Database Project part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www2.wou.edu:7777/pls/wou2/nsboomer.public3.main
This site is home to the Red Layer Microbial Observatory (RLMO) Database Project from the National Science Foundation, Western Oregon University, and Yellowstone National Park. Research focuses ...

Kamchatka Biodiversity Conservation part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.unkam.ru/english/
This site is the home page to the Kamchatka Biodiversity Conservation, a United Nations Development Program (UNDP)/Global Environment Facility (GEF) project titled "Demonstrating sustainable ...

Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/index.html
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. Dive and Discover brings you right on board ...

Dive and Discover: Juan de Fuca Ridge part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/expedition8/index.html
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. On this particular website, Dive and ...

Dive and Discover's Deeper Discovery: Hydrothermal Vents part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/vents/index.html
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. On this particular website, Dive and ...

Evolution and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Vent and Seep Invertebrates part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1067361
This Science Magazine article reviews the diversity, evolution, and biogeography of deep-sea vent and seep invertebrates. Beginning with their initial discovery in 1977, this article examines the ...