February 7, 2019
Hot but not bothered: Warm soils favor microbes with small genomes
Centralia, Pa., sits above rich subterranean coal seams, which made the town a mining center for about a century. In 1962, the seams were …
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October 15, 2018
Going subterranean: Repurposed mines become innovative labs
At about 5 a.m. on a frigid, icy February day in northern Minnesota — the kind of day when it feels like your eyeballs might freeze — a group of …
June 5, 2018
Ice (Re)Cap: July 2018
From Antarctica to the Arctic; from polar caps, permafrost and glaciers to ocean-rafted sea ice; and from burly bears to cold-loving microbes, …
October 18, 2017
Microbes influence ooid formation
The formation of carbonate spheroids called ooids is a bit of a mystery. They are thought to form in warm waters saturated with carbonate, which …
October 13, 2017
Microbes care about energy efficiency
Microbes live in some of the most extreme environments on Earth, from the crushing depths of deep-sea trenches to scalding geothermal springs. …
September 19, 2017
Red Planet Roundup: October 2017
With two rovers patrolling the surface of Mars, six spacecraft orbiting above it, and scientists here on Earth studying the Red Planet from afar, …
July 21, 2017
Down to Earth With: Cave microbiologist Hazel Barton
In the early 1990s, when Hazel Barton was pursuing her doctorate in medical microbiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in …
June 19, 2017
Ice (Re)Cap: July 2017
From Antarctica to the Arctic; from polar caps, permafrost and glaciers to ocean-rafted sea ice; and from burly bears to cold-loving microbes, …
April 21, 2016
Looking for life in coldest, driest Antarctica
Antarctica is nicknamed the “White Continent,” but one site — University Valley in the continent’s McMurdo Dry Valleys region — has remained …
December 15, 2015
Subseafloor biosphere extended to greatest depth yet
Scientists studying sediments collected from the deepest scientific borehole ever drilled have found microorganisms living at astounding depths …
July 17, 2015
Ice (Re) Cap: August 2015
From Antarctica to the Arctic; from polar caps, permafrost and glaciers to ocean-rafted sea ice; and from burly bears to cold-loving microbes, …
January 5, 2012
Great Lakes geologic sunken treasure
The Great Lakes hold the secrets of hundreds of ill-fated voyages in their notoriously treacherous waters. Shipwreck enthusiasts find a bounty of …