Factoid/2020/02/19
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Extreme habitat provides glimpse into extraterrestrial life
- "The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, in the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico, was once a shallow sea that became isolated from the Gulf of Mexico around 43 million years ago. This basin has an unusual characteristic of being particularly nutrient-poor and harboring a “lost world” of many below-ground and above-ground aquatic microbes of ancient marine ancestry. Because of these characteristics, it is an invaluable place for researchers to study and understand how life may have existed on other planets in our solar system." - Excerpt from Arizona State University
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