Natural dust is often associated with hot, subtropical deserts, but significant dust events have
been reported from cold, high latitudes. This review synthesizes current understanding of …

Actinobacteria constitute prolific sources of novel and vital bioactive metabolites for
pharmaceutical utilization. In recent years, research has focused on exploring actinobacteria …

Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition, builds on the success of the previous editions
to present an unparalleled resource on soil formation and classification. Featuring a color …

The McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica are a cold hyperarid polar desert that present
extreme challenges to life. Here, we report a culture-independent survey of multidomain …

The average air temperature at the Earth's surface has increased by 0.06° C per decade
during the 20th century, and by 0.19° C per decade from 1979 to 1998. Climate models …

Most discussion of habitable planets has focused on Earth-like planets with globally
abundant liquid water. For an “aqua planet” like Earth, the surface freezes if far from its sun …

Early Mars climate research has well-defined goals (MEPAG 2018). Achieving these goals
requires geologists and climate modelers to coordinate. Coordination is easier if results are …

The Antarctic Dry Valleys (ADV) are generally classified as a hyper-arid, cold-polar desert.
The region has long been considered an important terrestrial analog for Mars because of its …

A major obstacle in understanding the evolution of Cenozoic climate has been the lack of
well dated terrestrial evidence from high-latitude, glaciated regions. Here, we report the …

Microbial communities in extreme environments often have low diversity and specialized
physiologies suggesting a limited resistance to change. The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) …