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  2. Discovering a New Life Form in the Hot Springs of Yellowstone


    Geysers, mud pots, steam vents and hot springs in the region now known as Yellowstone National Park awed American Indians and early European explorers. Now, two million tourists visit the park in northwestern Wyoming each year to watch wildlife and view the spectacular scenery. Scientists home in on the hot springs, exploring their ecology and plumbing their scalding waters in search of highly adapted, heretofore-undiscovered microorganisms.

    “Octopus Spring and Mushroom Spring in Yellowstone are two of the most thoroughly studied hot springs on the planet,” said Don Bryant, Ernest C. Pollard professor of biotechnology at Penn...

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  3. What Yellowstone Teaches Us about Ancient Mars


    NAI scientists study Yellowstone National park as an analog for thermal areas that probably existed on Mars long ago. This SPACE.com article by Leonard David also tells how visitors to the park are learning about astrobiology.

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  4. Microbial Ecology of Hot Spring Communities in Yellowstone


    New studies from NAI’s University of Colorado team published in the February 15, 2005 issue of PNAS implicate the oxidation of molecular hydrogren as the source of energy for primary productivity in high temperature microbial ecosystems in Yellowstone.

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