

Welcome to the Adopt-A-Microbe Project website! We are not currently offering a “live” ship-to-shore Adopt-A-Microbe project, but please have a look through our archive of material below to find activities and stories to learn about the wild and exciting world of microbial life at the bottom of the ocean. Also, check out the World’s Deepest Art Installation! And stayed tuned for the next program offering!!

March 16, 2012
Dear fans of the Adopt A Microbe project, Greetings! I am writing to let you know that there is another opportunity to engage with deep sea science education and exploration coming up soon. Following on the success of the Fall 2011 expedition to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (the premise for the last Adopt [Read the Rest...]
November 14, 2011

Microbe friends! Greetings from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean! Our scientific expedition to study microbial life deep in the oceanic crust is quickly coming to an end. Currently, we are powering to the northeast, headed to our port call in Ponta Delgada in the Azores. You wouldn’t believe the hooting and hollering that went [Read the Rest...]
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November 7, 2011

Hola amigos! Tenemos noticias de los Thiomargaritas en España sobre su segundo proyecto de Adopta un microbio. Como recordareis, en la segunda actividad teniais que construir una columna Winogradsky usando fango de algún sitio cercano para cultivar microbios de vuestro ambiente. Aquí teneis algunas fotos de los lugares donde los Thiomargaritas recogieron el fango. También [Read the Rest...]
Category: En Español
RT @DeepMicrobe: @deepseanews deep sea #mining in the BBC News #DESSC http://t.co/Qkq1sa2tmJ #eXploiting!
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@deepseanews deep sea mining in the BBC News #DESSC http://t.co/6RNxf7jFzb
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cool science education idea http://t.co/oj9hkAbuUj
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nominate a speaker for the #IODP US Science Support Program Distinguished Lecture series 2014-2015 #CDEBI http://t.co/fY2ICTVd3v
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cool new subsurface work by @deepcarb scientists, relevant for #CDEBI http://t.co/QrMDW9NylU
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Adopt-A-Microbe from the Deep Biosphere by Beth Orcutt is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. . The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not reflect the opinions or support of the National Science Foundation, the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, Ocean Leadership, or the Deep Earth Academy. Participation in the project is completely voluntary, and the authors assume no liability for participation.
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