#extremophiles — Public Fediverse posts

Memories from Februaries spent in the #Atacama desert. Team members would take nights off to recover from the heat and do laundry in town, pick up supplies at the hardware store.

Often we had to get those foil-faced windshield covers to protect computers that would overheat in the sun.

Driving through that otherworldly #landscape was exhilarating.

#extremophilia #chile #nasa #marsrover #seti #antofagasta #fieldscience #extremophiles #desert #mondaymemories

🌍🌋 Three tectonic plates are pulling apart in northeastern #Ethiopia to create the #Danakil Depression. This geological rift contains #magma pools and acidic #springs where the average temperature exceeds 46ºC.

Scientists visit the site to study #polyextremophiles which are #bacteria that survive in environments with no oxygen and high acidity.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/danakil-depression

#geology #earthscience #biology #extremophiles #nature #science #environment #research #volcanoes #africa

Discovery of #stromatolite-like #biofilms in thermal waters sheds light on ancient ecosystems.

#mightymicrobes #extremophiles #thermophiles #evolution #early_life

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-discovery-stromatolite-biofilms-thermal-ancient.html