von Thomas Fester | Apr 29, 2017 | Climate Change, Ecology, Fiction
Tundra plants may seem small and insignificant, but they are worth studying for several reasons: 1.) Tundra is a hotspot of climate change. It experiences particularly strong shifts in climate conditions translating in reduced snow cover and reduced perma frost and...
von Thomas Fester | Feb 7, 2017 | Extraterrestrial life, Fiction
Characteristics of Mechanococcus ciliaphorus Mechanococcus ciliaphorus is a unicellular organism isolated from subsurface oceans of Dagon 3 (figure 1A). It is of sperical shape with diameters between 20 and 50 µm. The genetic and biochemical basis of M. ciliaphorus is...
von Thomas Fester | Dez 17, 2016 | Ecology, Extraterrestrial life, Fiction, Natural History
Prevalence of subsurface oceans in the solar system and beyond While blue jewels like Earth are rare in space, many celestial bodies possess subsurface oceans. Such oceans may be heated by internal planetary heat or by interaction with a larger planetary bodiy (tidal...
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