It’s like a secret world. In 2014, Madden’s interest in microbial habitats led her to the laboratories of Noah Fierer, a microbial ecologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Rob Dunn, an ...

Zooplankton grazers, which interact closely with microbial communities, experienced reduced biomass in fragmented habitats, further exacerbating the decline in diversity and community evenness of ...

In this course, the Mountain Research Station becomes our outdoor laboratory as we explore microbial habitats, quantify microbial contributions to key ecosystem processes, and discuss emerging tools ...

Microbial life permeates Earth’s subsurface in a range of extreme habitats. Microorganisms can be found in acidic hot springs, deep-sea hydrothermal vents, frozen tundras, and underground rock ...

Freshwater organisms, common to oxygenated Great Lakes habitats, cannot survive here. Instead, these conditions favor salt-loving, low oxygen-tolerant microbial mats that blanket the lake floor ...

and how they can provide a framework for studying processes like microbial succession and community development. Despite their potential significance, the occurrence of these habitats in ...

The team examined microbial habitats in arid locations, at high altitude and in extremely elevated levels of ultraviolet radiation. By identifying patterns of habitability and life habitats that are ...

From the flamboyant blossoms and birds of rainforests to the living rainbows of coral reefs, Earth’s surface is teeming with life. But some of its most diverse and fascinating biomes are thriving in ...

Scientists have identified regions on Mars where conditions might support microbial life beneath the ... similar environments suggest underground habitats such as Acidalia Planitia could hold ...