May 19, 2023 – USA Today
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NYC is sinking under the weight of its buildings, geologists warn
May 17, 2023 – New York Post
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May 17, 2023 – Architectural Digest
Continue reading "New York City May Be Sinking Under the Weight of Its Skyscrapers"Two URI faculty members named AAAS fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Clinical Professor and GSO alum Sunshine Menezes (Ph.D. 2005) and Professor of Oceanography Steven D’Hondt to the rank of AAAS Fellow.
Continue reading "Two URI faculty members named AAAS fellows"Life under pressure: URI faculty, students research microbes in Puerto Rico Trench
How does life exist far beneath the ocean floor in one of the deepest places on Earth? A group of scientists and students are in waters off Puerto Rico to shed more light on that question.
Continue reading "Life under pressure: URI faculty, students research microbes in Puerto Rico Trench"Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process
GSO researchers find that microbes living in ancient sediment below the seafloor are sustained primarily by chemicals created by the natural irradiation of water molecules, with implications for the search for life on other worlds.
Continue reading "Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process"Microbial diversity below seafloor is as rich as on Earth’s surface
For the first time, researchers have mapped the biological diversity of marine sediment, one of Earth’s largest global biomes.
Continue reading "Microbial diversity below seafloor is as rich as on Earth’s surface"Deep sea microbes dormant for 100 million years are hungry and ready to multiply
In a new study, researchers reveal that given the right food in the right laboratory conditions, microbes collected from sediment as old as 100 million years can revive and multiply, even after laying dormant since large dinosaurs prowled the planet.
Continue reading "Deep sea microbes dormant for 100 million years are hungry and ready to multiply"These Microbes May Have Survived 100 Million Years Beneath the Seafloor
Dr. Steven D’Hondt from GSO and his colleagues discover what may be the oldest living organisms to be found.
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Steven D’Hondt comments on microbial life being found where living was thought to be inhospitable.
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