McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica (IMAGE)

DOE/Joint Genome Institute

McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica

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The McMurdo Dry Valleys harbor a cold desert ecosystem. Understanding how microbial communities can thrive in the frozen soil is a project proposed by Craig Cary from the University of Delaware and Charles K. Lee of the University of Waikato, New Zealand for the DOE JGI 2012 Community Sequencing Program.

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Image by Robert Simmon, based on data provided by the NASA GSFC Oceans and Ice Branch and the Landsat 7 Science Team

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