Mono Lake, nestled in California’s Eastern Sierra Nevada, is a haven for unique life forms. Its iconic tufa formations and thriving populations of brine shrimp and alkali flies showcase an ecosystem adapted to the lake’s hypersaline, alkaline waters. Now, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a microscopic organism in this extreme environment that could illuminate the early evolution of life. The discovery is a…
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