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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 9 January 2026: Building Our New Storage Facility

by Keith Cowing

Hi Keith, we had another busy day moving and sorting gear. We hope to wrap that up tomorrow, and if everything comes together, we will head out on the traverse […]

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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 7 January 2026: Arrival In Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

Keith’s note: I got this update by text from Dale early this morning:

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Organic Carbon In A Submarine Pressure Cooker

by Keith Cowing

The mid-ocean ridge runs through the oceans like a suture. Where the Earth’s plates move apart, new oceanic crust is continuously formed. This is often accompanied by magmatism and hydrothermal […]

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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 6 January 2026: Flying South to Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is heading back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for another field season of research. Update: Dale and team have landed. Picture below.

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Deep Learning For Microbial Life Detection In Deep Subseafloor Samples: Objective Cell Recognition

by Keith Cowing

Microscopic detection and enumeration of microbial biomass provide essential primary information about the biosphere.

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Antarctic Field Report: 5 January 2026: Preparing to Leave Cape Town For The Ice

by Keith Cowing

Keith The team and all of our gear and cargo made it to Cape Town, which feels especially welcoming right now—warm, bright, and easy to settle into. Over Table Mountain, […]

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The Deepest Gas Hydrate Cold Seep Ever Discovered In The Arctic

by Keith Cowing

A multinational scientific team led by UiT has uncovered the deepest known gas hydrate cold seep on the planet. The discovery was made during the Ocean Census Arctic Deep – EXTREME24 expedition […]

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HKUST Launches World’s First Deep-sea Multi-omics Resource Platform Empowering Global Research Into Biological Adaptation In Extreme Environments

by Keith Cowing

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in collaboration with the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), has launched the world’s first Deep Ocean Omics (DOO) […]

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New Deep-sea Species Discovered During Mining Test At 4,000 Meters

by Keith Cowing

There is a high demand globally of critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the seabed. An international study, which has discovered large numbers […]

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Extreme Engineering – Unlocking Design Secrets of Deep-sea Microbes

by Keith Cowing

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon — a member of what’s known as the third domain of life — and an extremophile. It lives in deep-sea thermal vents, at […]

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