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Alkaline Hypersaline Lakes as Analogs for Ancient Microbial Habitats on Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/sci/fifthconf99/6136.pdf
This site features a scientific article associated with the Mars Global Surveyor Project, reporting data collected from a study analyzing Mono Lake as a terrestrial analog to Mars. The study is ...

Salt of the Early Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/223/salt-of-the-early-...
This astrobiology news article analyzes the role salt played in the evolution of life on Earth. It explains why scientists have long assumed that life originated in the sea and describes the history ...

Was the Environment for Primordial Life Hypersaline? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrie...
This journal article explores the possibility that Halobacteria may have been one of the original forms of life. Many scientists are turning to Archaea as having a role in the origin of life, but ...

Exobiology: The Survival Ability of Halophiles under Martian Conditions part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/reports/CB-1152/ber...
This report examines the ability of two halophiles isolated from San Francisco Bay to survive severe Martian conditions. The report introduces the extreme conditions on Mars and offers a brief survey ...

Extremophiles: Microbial Life in Extreme Environments part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book provides a detailed overview of extremophiles, life-forms that thrive under some of the harshest conditions found on Earth. Over the course of 11 contributed chapters, 26 experts from ...

Halobacteria: The Evidence for Longevity part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This review article discusses the diverse populations of halophilic microorganisms supported by ancient subterranean salt deposits called evaporates. The article begins by offering a brief ...

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 ...

Life in Extreme Environments (LExEn) Workshop Report part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www2.ocean.washington.edu/lexen/
This is a draft report of the Life in Extreme Environments (LExEn) workshop held at the National Science Foundation. It proposes questions such as: What conditions determine the limits of life? What ...

Utah Microbes Point to Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3725973.stm
This news article introduces the microbial halophiles of the Great Salt Lake. Featuring scientist Bonnie Baxter, the article explores the use of extremophile research in cancer defense and in the ...

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 ...