A mile or more below the surface of the ocean, microbes dominate the deep sea life. In this seminar, Dr. Julie Huber describes her research to better understand the microbial ecosystem in the rocky crust below the ocean floor. She begins the series by describing how reactions between seawater and the elements in ocean rocks enable chemosynthetic ecosystems to exist in the deep sea. She then introduces us to the tools scientists use to study microbial deep sea life below the ocean floor.
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Deep Sea Life: Studying Subseafloor Microbes
Julie Huber describes her research to better understand the microbes that dominate deep sea life in the rocky crust below the ocean floor. (Talk recorded in July 2018)
- Part 1: Microbes, Fluids, and RocksAudience:
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 00:16:18 - Part 2: Subseafloor Life at Axial SeamountAudience:
- Researcher
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 00:24:30 - Part 3: Combining Stable Isotopes and Sequencing to Understand Subseafloor LifeAudience:
- Researcher
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 00:15:48