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Microbial Life in Extreme Environments

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Black Smokers: Life Forms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.amnh.org/learn/pd/earth/gallery_week6/rfl_ind...
This educational web site features life forms of deep sea hydrothermal systems. Hosted by the American Museum of Natural History, this site offers a brief introduction of the community and then ...

Extreme 2002: Mission to the Abyss part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ocean.udel.edu/extreme2002/home.html
This is the expedition page of the 2002 Mission to the Abyss. Developed by the University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies, the site highlights the mission and crew, seafloor geology, ...

Water What-ifs: Water Quality and Dissolved Oxygen part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/depot/experiments/wa...
This Science Junction website features general information and three lesson plans about dissolved oxygen geared toward middle and high school students. Lessons cover topics such as what dissolved ...

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 ...

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 ...

Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pbs.org/opb/intimatestrangers/
This PBS documentary provides an overview of the microbial world and offers an exciting glimpse into the field of microbiology. Meet scientists from around the world investigating the microbial world ...

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 ...