Presenter: Peter T. Doran (University of Illinois, Chicago) May 21, 2012 11:00 AM Pacific The extreme cold and dry environment of the McMurdo Dry Valleys have made it one of […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Field Reports: Lake Untersee, Antarctica (Gigapixel Panorama) 7 March 2012
Three and a half billion years ago our planet was quite different and Earth’s earliest biosphere was dominated by microbial communities – complex multicellular organisms were not to evolve for […]
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NASA Research Shows DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space
NASA-funded researchers have found more evidence meteorites can carry DNA components created in space.
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Astrobiologists Discover Strange Benthic Microbial Mats in Lake Untersee, Antarctica
Photosynthetic microbial mats forming large conical structures up to half a meter tall have been discovered by astrobiologists in Lake Untersee, Antarctica. This research is described in an article in […]
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Life In An Antarctic Lake
UC Davis geologists have been using laser scanning and underwater video to capture images of life in an ice-covered Antarctic lake.
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Video: Astrobiologists Diving Under The Ice In Antarctica: Getting Out of the Water
Dale Andersen: Our research in the perennially ice-covered lakes of Antarctica involves long, hard days, but they are always fun and exciting.
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Video: A Night Dive in Pavilion Lake, British Columbia
Dale Andersen: During the Pavilion Lake Research Project (PLRP) field season of 2009, Dr. Ian Hawes and I made several night dives.
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Video: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Exploring Pavilion Lake With SCUBA And ROVs
Underwater video taken with my Sony PMW-EX1 in a Gates Housing of ongoing research in Pavilion Lake. Dr. Ian Hawes is seen measuring photosynthetic competency within the microbialite structures. The […]
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Mars Institute “Moon-1” Humvee Rover reaches Devon Island, High Arctic
The Northwest Passage Drive Expedition team of six departed Resolute Bay, Nunavut, on 5 May aboard the Mars Institute’s Moon-1 Humvee Rover and two snowmobiles. After encountering several days of […]
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Away Team Report: Haughton Mars Project – Sea-Ice Traverse Mission Completed
An international team of researchers led by Mars Institute scientist Dr. Pascal Lee successfully reached Devon Island, High Arctic, on Sunday, 16 May, 2010 after a 13-day, 150 km vehicular […]