#extremophiles — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🍄🪨 Researchers at the University of #Michigan pulled #water from gas wells deep under the #GreatLakes and found a dense #ecosystem.

The water has remained #underground since the #IceAge more than 11,000 years ago. The isolated #environment contains hundreds of fungal species alongside tiny #worms and #tardigrades.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/rock-eating-fungi-great-lakes/

#fungi #microrganisms #ecology #science #groundwater #biodiversity #carbon #carboncycle #soil #biology #extremophiles

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🩸🧊 Iron rich #saltwater trapped beneath Taylor #Glacier for over a million years seeps out in red pulses that look like bleeding.

A 2026 study from #Louisiana State University caught an outflow in action using #GPS, #cameras, and temperature #sensors. #Sulfate breathing #bacteria thrive in the dark brine, making Blood Falls a model for life on icy worlds.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-a-waterfall-in-antarctica-that-bleeds-red-here-s-what-s-hiding-inside-it

#antarctica #bloodfalls #taylorglacier #subglacial #brine #extremophiles #microbiology #bacteria #astrobiology #mars #ice #earthscience #glaciology #hiddenworld #science

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🩸🧊 Iron rich #saltwater trapped beneath Taylor #Glacier for over a million years seeps out in red pulses that look like bleeding.

A 2026 study from #Louisiana State University caught an outflow in action using #GPS, #cameras, and temperature #sensors. #Sulfate breathing #bacteria thrive in the dark brine, making Blood Falls a model for life on icy worlds.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-a-waterfall-in-antarctica-that-bleeds-red-here-s-what-s-hiding-inside-it

#antarctica #bloodfalls #taylorglacier #subglacial #brine #extremophiles #microbiology #bacteria #astrobiology #mars #ice #earthscience #glaciology #hiddenworld #science

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🩸🧊 Iron rich #saltwater trapped beneath Taylor #Glacier for over a million years seeps out in red pulses that look like bleeding.

A 2026 study from #Louisiana State University caught an outflow in action using #GPS, #cameras, and temperature #sensors. #Sulfate breathing #bacteria thrive in the dark brine, making Blood Falls a model for life on icy worlds.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-a-waterfall-in-antarctica-that-bleeds-red-here-s-what-s-hiding-inside-it

#antarctica #bloodfalls #taylorglacier #subglacial #brine #extremophiles #microbiology #bacteria #astrobiology #mars #ice #earthscience #glaciology #hiddenworld #science

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🩸🧊 Iron rich #saltwater trapped beneath Taylor #Glacier for over a million years seeps out in red pulses that look like bleeding.

A 2026 study from #Louisiana State University caught an outflow in action using #GPS, #cameras, and temperature #sensors. #Sulfate breathing #bacteria thrive in the dark brine, making Blood Falls a model for life on icy worlds.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-a-waterfall-in-antarctica-that-bleeds-red-here-s-what-s-hiding-inside-it

#antarctica #bloodfalls #taylorglacier #subglacial #brine #extremophiles #microbiology #bacteria #astrobiology #mars #ice #earthscience #glaciology #hiddenworld #science

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🩸🧊 Iron rich #saltwater trapped beneath Taylor #Glacier for over a million years seeps out in red pulses that look like bleeding.

A 2026 study from #Louisiana State University caught an outflow in action using #GPS, #cameras, and temperature #sensors. #Sulfate breathing #bacteria thrive in the dark brine, making Blood Falls a model for life on icy worlds.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-a-waterfall-in-antarctica-that-bleeds-red-here-s-what-s-hiding-inside-it

#antarctica #bloodfalls #taylorglacier #subglacial #brine #extremophiles #microbiology #bacteria #astrobiology #mars #ice #earthscience #glaciology #hiddenworld #science

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: ❄️🧊 #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.

Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video

#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video

❄️🧊 #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.

Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video

#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video

New Study Finally Reveals the Mystery of Antarctica’s Bleeding Glacier

An AI-generated image of the Blood Falls in Antarctica. Image credits: ChatGPT/OpenAI At first glance, it looks like…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #Antarctica #BloodFalls #climatescience #coldestglacier #earthscience #extremophiles #geology #glaciology #science #TaylorGlacier #technology #unitedstatesofamerica
https://www.europesays.com/2869027/

#Extremophiles that can digest #radiation ☢️ and toxicities are already used to clean up everything from oil spills to the fallout of radioactive sites.

This means we could #engineer microbes that are resistant to freezing ❄️ temperatures and high levels of radiation.

Given that #microbes 🦠 helped make Earth habitable, we could use synthetic #biology to engineer microbes to speed up a similar process for #Mars 🔴 https://theconversation.com/how-to-engineer-microbes-to-enable-us-to-live-on-mars-253456

#CrisprCas9 #SyntheticBiology #Terraforming #Mars

🦠 Life can flourish in Earth’s most hostile corners. What does that resilience suggest about where life could persist beyond Earth?

✍️ Read the full exploration: https://TPC8.short.gy/mgHJjLGk

Perhaps the cosmos holds more tenacious possibilities than we expect.

#Astrobiology #Extremophiles #Tardigrades #Habitability #Biodiversity #Cosmos #Microbes #Science #LifeBeyondEarth #Biology #TPC8

🔬🐻 Microscope footage shows a baby water bear (#tardigrade) breaking free from its egg after its mother drags babies around in a sack of shed exoskeleton. A tardigrade researcher explains that water bears use two egg-laying strategies – either in the shed skin with smooth eggs, or freely in the environment with ornamented eggs that prevent them from washing away in rain.

👉 https://nautil.us/witness-the-rare-birth-of-a-water-bear-1244573/

#tardigrades #microscopy #biology #science #nature #extremophiles #animals #birth

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