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Learning to Live in Extreme Environments

The most life-threatening environments on, above, and below Earth typically harbor microbes that evolved to survive the harsh conditions. From the stratosphere to the ocean bottom to deep underground, microorganisms are truly everywhere. Probe some of the strategies they use to outwit extremes of temperature, pressure, salinity, pH, and radiation. They're not called "extremophiles" for nothing!

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