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Researchers have found microbes thriving 13 feet beneath the scorched surface of Chile's Atacama Desert, marking the deepest discovery of microbial life in the region to date.
Research into the deep biosphere requires an understanding of both the microbial community at a given site and the geochemical and hydrological factors that support that microbial community. To highlight the interplay between geochemistry and microbiology in these deep environments, we characterized the hydrogeologic and geochemical systems of a 2.7 Ga banded iron formation within the Canadian Shield in the Soudan Underground Mine State Park in Minnesota, USA, a site known to host a lithotrophic microbial community. Calcium-sodium-chloride brines, characteristic of deep groundwaters throughout...
The conditions within this "deep biosphere" had been studied by scientists since the mid-1990s, particularly on how life thrived in an environment that is food-deprived and extremely isolated.
Penn State Centre Stage's "The Wild Party," the third annual Centre Film Festival, Mystery Science Theatre 3000 at Penn State York and a traveling exhibit on the 19th Amendment at Penn State Law are among the cultural highlights at the University this weekend and next week.
Penn State Centre Stage's "The Wild Party," the third annual Centre Film Festival, Mystery Science Theatre 3000 at Penn State York and a traveling exhibit on the 19th Amendment at Penn State Law are among the cultural highlights at the University this weekend and next week.