#extremophiles — Public Fediverse posts

🌍🌋 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

Polar Microbes and Climate Change by Alysson Wagner, 2025

A Molecular Understanding for Sustainable Future

Recent studies on #extremophiles have focused on #thermophiles, microbes that thrive in high temperatures, while #psychrophiles, which prefer cold environments, have received less attention. However, interest in cold-adapted microbes, especially those in polar regions, has increased significantly in recent decades.

#books
#nonfiction
#microbes
#PolarRegions
#ClimateChange
#Springer

🔬🐻 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