First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor | CNN Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

Methane-powered Sea Spiders

Sincerly, Fuck you 2025

#biology
#invertebrates
#extremeophile
#ruinnation

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Kawah Ijen Crater Lake Is Highly Acidic - But Home To Life - Astrobiology According to an ESA image release in East Java, Indonesia, lies the Kawah Ijen Crater Lake

Kawah Ijen Crater Lake Is Highly Acidic - But Home To Life
astrobiology.com/2023/11/kawa... #Astrobiology #extremeophile

Ladakh’s Rock Varnish May Help Identify Habitable Environments In Space - Astrobiology Magnetofossils-- fossil remains of magnetic particles produced by magnetotactic bacteria have been spotted in rock varnish layers in Ladakh.

Ladakh’s Rock Varnish May Help Identify Habitable Environments In Space
astrobiology.com/2024/07/lada... #astrobiology #Ladakh #India #microbiology #analog #Mars #extremeophile

Siderite and Vivianite as Energy Sources for the Extreme Acidophilic Bacterium Acidithiobacillus Ferrooxidans in the Context of Mars Habitability
astrobiology.com/2024/07/side... #astrobiology #Mars #extremeophile #microbiology

Newly Discovered Hydrothermal Vents At Depths Of 3,000 Meters Off Svalbard
astrobiology.com/2024/07/newl... #astrobiology #extremeophile #microbiology #oceanography #submersible #bathymetry

Deep Within An Inhospitable Desert Is A Window To The First Life On Earth
astrobiology.com/2023/12/deep... #astrobiology #extremeophile #Atacama #stromatolite

Mouse Mummies Point To Mammalian Life In “Mars-like” Andes
astrobiology.com/2023/11/mous... #Astrobiology #extremeophile #Atacama

Kawah Ijen Crater Lake Is Highly Acidic - But Home To Life
astrobiology.com/2023/11/kawa... #Astrobiology #extremeophile

This week I need inspiration on the topic of survival under harsh conditions. So for #Fungifriday let's celebrate #Tetracladium globosum. Described from the Tibet Plateau--survives some of the most extreme conditions on earth. Talk about tough!
#extremeophile #psychrotolerant