Welcome to the Adopt-A-Microbe Project taking place September 11 – November 19, 2011 during an oceanographic expedition to the Atlantic Ocean! There are many cute and cuddly microbes up for virtual ‘adoption’ – we hope that one of them can find a home with you!
The project in a nutshell: “Adopt” (virtually) a microbe from the bottom of the ocean. Get to know your microbe through weekly activities and regular posts on this website. Submit your weekly projects online to qualify to win one of our fabulous prizes! More info
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...]
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...]
awesome story about life ‘in the slow lane’ at the bottom of the ocean: http://t.co/54IMF4J9
(about 6 hours ago)
3.5 weeks until the next deep biosphere meeting in Bremen, Germany! http://t.co/hB8yaEM4
(about 4 days ago)
North Pond 2012 cruise is over! Big success! Heading home! Oh, and I blogged about it: http://t.co/fv8jWdSn
(about 5 days ago)
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.
