Researchers have identified the first cold-adaptation proteins found in microbial mats from Lake Joyce, a perennially ice-covered lake in Antarctica.
Antarctica
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Sequencing an Antarctic Extremophile – A cold-loving microbe from the Upper Dry Valleys
A high-quality draft genome sequence has been published for the Antarctic microbe Rhodococcus sp. JG-3. This psychrophilic (cold-loving) microorganism was isolated from permafrost in Antarctica’s Upper Dry Valleys and has been […]
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Antarctic Microbes Hold Clue to Earth's Oxygen
At the bottom of an icy Antarctic lake, a thin, slimy layer of bright green microbes is generating a tiny oasis of oxygen that might give a picture of what […]
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Nearing the Limits of Life on Earth
It took Jackie Goordial over 1000 Petri dishes before she was ready to accept what she was seeing. Or not seeing. Goordial, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Natural […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Field Report 20 November 2015: Novolazarevskya Station, Antarctica
Novolazarevskya Station, Antarctica
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Oxygen Oasis in Antarctic Lake Reflects Earth in the Distant Past
At the bottom of a frigid Antarctic lake, a thin layer of green slime is generating a little oasis of oxygen, a team including UC Davis researchers has found. It’s […]
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Radar Techniques Used in Antarctica Will Scour Europa for Life-Supporting Environments
When a NASA spacecraft sets off to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to look for the ingredients of life, radar equipment designed to pierce the ice of Antarctica will be […]
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Lakes and Signs of Life Found under Antarctica's Dry Valleys
Many view Antarctica as a frozen wasteland. Turns out there are hidden interconnected lakes underneath its dry valleys that could sustain life and shed light on ancient climate change. Jill […]
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Where Ice sheet, Ocean and Land Converge
Using a specially designed hot-water drill to cleanly bore through a half mile of ice, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded team of researchers has become the first ever to reach […]
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Using Antarctica To Prepare For A Mission To Europa
Four bleary-eyed men wearing grease-smeared tan jackets or red parkas emerge from what first appears to be a leftover prop from a Mad Max film. Nine silver smokestacks tower above […]