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The Busy World of Deep Sea Eruptions - Anna-Louise Reysenbach and Emily St. John

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English - June 15, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB
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The ocean depths are vast and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor — underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support entire ecosystems. Hear from researchers Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Emily St. John, Gilberto Flores, and Peter Girguis about sampling these communities, and understanding how they’ve adapted to this extreme environment.  

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Episode TranscriptPaper: Global patterns of diversity and metabolism of microbial communities in deep-sea hydrothermal vent deposits


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