Extreme environments are places where sustaining life is considered challenging by human standarts due to harmful environmental conditions.
Polar / Alpine Expeditions
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Unoccupied Aircraft Systems Sampling For Earth And Mars
Unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) technology on Earth has become increasingly prevalent and accessible, and for extraterrestrial applications, the Ingenuity helicopter has proven the viability of flight on Mars.
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Digital Twin for Analog Mars Missions: Investigating Local Positioning Alternatives for GNSS-Denied Environments
Future planetary exploration missions will rely heavily on efficient human–robot interaction to ensure astronaut safety and maximize scientific return.
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Ice World Subsurface Cartography: The Most Detailed Map To Date Of Antarctica’s Submarine Canyons
Submarine canyons are among the most spectacular and fascinating geological formations to be found on our ocean floors, but at an international level scientists have yet to uncover many of […]
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Mineralogy, Geochemistry And Morphology Of Arctic Gossans On Axel Heiberg Island, NU, Canada: Spectroscopic Investigation And Implications For Mars
Gossans are formed through the oxidation of sulfide ore deposits by fluids, such as meteoric water or hydrothermal solutions, leading to locally acidic conditions.
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Ice World Microbiology: Cryorhodopsins
Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold groundwater in Finland. As cold and beautiful these are, for the structural […]
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New Study Confirms That The Oldest Rocks On Earth Are In Northern Canada
A team of Canadian and French researchers has confirmed that northern Quebec is home to the oldest known rocks on Earth, dating back 4.16 billion years.
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Listening To Santana On Wharton Ridge
Keith’s note: this just came out of my head as a stream of inter-related events. Some times I feel like Forrest Gump. Other times I am in Luke Skywalker mode. […]
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Studying Microbes On Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
Earth Sciences Ph.D. student, Caleb Rosen, traveled to Mt. Erebus, Antarctica in Nov ’23 and Nov ’24 with an international research team based at the Thermophile Research Unit at the […]
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Tricorder Tech: Extant Life Detection Using Label-Free Video Microscopy In Analog Aquatic Environments
The ability of microbial active motion, morphology, and optical properties to serve as biosignatures was investigated by in situ video microscopy in a wide range of extreme field sites where […]