Life on lava: How microbes colonize new habitats

Fresh Icelandic Lava Reveals How Life Takes It’s First Footsteps — On Earth and Beyond

DNA from Icelandic lava flows reveals how microbes move into a brand-new habitat, offering insights into early life on Earth and volcanic worlds like Mars.

Scientists Shocked to Discover Microbes 'Colonizing' Lava Within Hours of Solidifying

Not even the strongest microbes can survive volcanic eruptions, but they are capable of returning surprisingly quickly, according to a new study.

Life on lava: How microbes colonize new habitats

Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature's resilience to natural disasters has long been recognized, not much is known about how organisms colonize brand-new habitats for the first time. A new study led by a team of ecologists and planetary scientists from the University of Arizona provides glimpses into a poorly understood process.

Life On Lava: How Microbes Colonize New Habitats - Astrobiology

Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature’s resilience to natural disasters has long been recognized, not much is known about how organisms colonize brand-new habitats for the first time. A new study led by a team of ecologists and planetary scientists from the […] The post Life On Lava: How Microbes Colonize New Habitats appeared first on Astrobiology.

Scientists Shocked to Discover Microbes ‘Colonizing’ Lava Within Hours of Solidifying

Not even the strongest microbes can survive volcanic eruptions, but they are capable of returning surprisingly quickly, according to a new study.