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nzTABS

IGNITERRA

Microbial Diversity

Bratina Ponds

Antarctic Fungi

Antarctic Soils

Hyporheic Zone

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The nzTABS mission focuses on examining the biocomplexity of terrestrial ecosystems living in the extreme environments of the Ross Dependency, Antarctica

The volcanoes of Antarctica are the most isolated geothermal habitats on Earth. Separated by hundreds of kilometers of ice, hot soils on each volcanos are perfect for testing isolation in microbial evolution.

The research is looking into how local abiotic factors, which are reflective of historical and ongoing geological processes, influence Dry Valley microbiota.

The aim of this study was to investigate the geochemical differences between and within the water column of melt-water ponds of Bratina Island, Victoria Land.

Research is attempting to understand the diversity, mechanisms of cold adaptation and proliferation of fungi in both pristine site and the Historic Huts.

This research looks into the characterisation and vulnerability to changes to soils in a number of locations in Antarctica.

Microbial communities form in hyporheic zones (wet soils adjacent to streams/lakes). They survive winter in a desiccated state and are re-activated by summer melt-waters.

Despite the environmental extremes present, five main groups of terrestrial invertebrates have managed to adapt and even thrive in the Dry Valleys.

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