The Lava Comes Out at More than 1,000 °C and Becomes Sterile, but in Hours Microbes Already Appear: the Finding that Surprises Science

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A study continues for three years the microbial colonization of fresh solidified castings and points to rain as a key way of arrival and stabilization The lava leaves the subsoil at temperatures that sterilize everything it touches. When it cools and becomes black and porous rock, the landscape looks like a blank slate. However, that “nothing” lasts little. A team from the University of Arizona has documented that microbial communities begin to …