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Black Smokers part of SERC Web Resource Collection

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), General Public, Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8)

Some Like it Hot part of SERC Web Resource Collection

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution, Astrobiology, Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Habitats:Marine
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)

Microbial Wonders of the Deep part of SERC Web Resource Collection

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Principles, Biology:Evolution:Principles, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Astrobiology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Hypersaline, Extremely Hot, High Pressure, Extremely Cold
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)

Life without Volcanic Heat part of SERC Web Resource Collection

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Principles, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Ecology:Biofilms, Biology:Astrobiology, Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Pedagogic Resources:Research Results, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot, Anoxic, Alkaline
Grade Level: General Public

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

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Biofilms, Metabolism, Biology:Diversity, Biogeochemistry, Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

Kamchatka Biodiversity Conservation part of SERC Web Resource Collection

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Diversity, Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: General Public

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

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical, Physical , Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Field Activity:Importation of field observations into the classroom, Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), General Public

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

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical, Biological, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Biology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: High School (9-12), General Public, Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)

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

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical, Biological, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Biology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: High School (9-12), General Public, Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)

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

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Benthic, Biology:Evolution, Diversity, Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot, High Pressure
Ocean Environments: Deep Sea Floor/Abyssal:Hydrothermal Systems
Grade Level: General Public, Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)