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How Microbes Use Earth's Ancient Carbon
23+ hour, 23+ min ago (583+ words) Hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor release carbon dioxide that is many million years old. This old carbon originates from the Earth's interior, and it escapes either directly from the Earth's mantle or is produced when rocks that contain limestone…...
Microbial Communities Of Selected Regions Of The Deep Springs Lake Aquifer System
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (175+ words) Microbial Communities Of Selected Regions Of The Deep Springs Lake Aquifer System'astrobiology.com Microbial Communities Of Selected Regions Of The Deep Springs Lake Aquifer System Deep Springs Lake is a small, isolated, highly alkaline soda lake in Inyo County of…...
The Phylogenetic Context For The Origin Of A Unique Purple-green Photosymbiosis
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (157+ words) The Phylogenetic Context For The Origin Of A Unique Purple-green Photosymbiosis'astrobiology.com These data allowed us to hypothesize on the evolutionary steps that led to the origin of P. tenue and thus bring us closer to explaining the conditions that led…...
Tricorder Tech: A Non-Invasive, Label-Free Method for Examining Tardigrade Anatomy Using Holotomography
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (141+ words) Tricorder Tech: A Non-Invasive, Label-Free Method for Examining Tardigrade Anatomy Using Holotomography'astrobiology.com Tricorder Tech: A Non-Invasive, Label-Free Method for Examining Tardigrade Anatomy Using Holotomography Background/Objectives: Holotomography is an advanced imaging technique that enables high-resolution, three-dimensional visualization of microscopic…...
Mass Extinction Coincided With Expanded Continental Margin Euxinia During the Cambrian Age 4
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (229+ words) Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na'Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) " Mass Extinction Coincided With Expanded Continental Margin Euxinia During the Cambrian Age 4 Earth's…...
Lichen Paved The Way For Plants And Animals To Thrive On Earth
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (378+ words) Lichens were already widespread over 410 million years ago, according to a new international study which identifies a fossil from Brazil as one of the oldest lichen in Earth's history. The team used cutting-edge x-ray imaging and other modern techniques to…...
How Did These Strange, Ancient Earth Life Forms Turn Into Such Remarkable Fossils?
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (655+ words) How Did These Strange, Ancient Earth Life Forms Turn Into Such Remarkable Fossils?astrobiology.com How Did These Strange, Ancient Earth Life Forms Turn Into Such Remarkable Fossils? In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test…...
Deep Learning For Microbial Life Detection In Deep Subseafloor Samples: Objective Cell Recognition
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (239+ words) Deep Learning For Microbial Life Detection In Deep Subseafloor Samples: Objective Cell Recognition'astrobiology.com Deep Learning For Microbial Life Detection In Deep Subseafloor Samples: Objective Cell Recognition Microscopic detection and enumeration of microbial biomass provide essential primary information about the…...
How Survivors Spanned The Globe After Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (726+ words) Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species vanished during the end-Permian mass extinction " the most extreme event of its kind in Earth's history. What followed was a mysterious,…...