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Microbial Life in Extreme Environments

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Two Miles Underground part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/99/1213/microbe.shtml
This Princeton Weekly Bulletin article summarizes the work of Duane Moser and Tullis Onstott from Princeton University. They are studying microbial life in the East Driefontein Gold Mine in South ...

The microbes that 'rule the world' part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1569264.stm
This BBC News article provides general information on microorganisms that have been found 4 miles beneath the sea floor. These organisms are thought to influence climate and global chemical cycles ...

More Nitrogen Upstream, Fewer Filters Downstream part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.lacoast.gov/watermarks/2004-09/2nitrogen/
This USGS-sponsored site provides an explanation for the low oxygen conditions of the "dead zone" stemming from the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico watersheds. The factors that ...

Tardigrades part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.tardigrades.com/
This creative and informative web site is dedicated to Tardigrades, more commonly known as water bears. The site, directed towards children and the general public, includes the following features: ...

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 ...

Life in Extreme Environments part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://astrobiology.com/extremeophiles-and-extreme-envir...
The Astrobiology Web publishes this list of links about life in extreme environments. Subjects include general information, genomic resources, thermophilic life, endolithic organisms, bacteria in ...