Not exact matches
Their abundant presence on this peak may be tied to the liquid carbon dioxide spewed by the
volcano's hydrothermal vents, which kills virtually all
life in the
deeper reaches of the crater.
The archaea, single - celled organisms confused with bacteria until Dr. Woese's discovery, are of interest to biologists studying the origin of
life because they have certain primitive features and a liking for extreme environments, like the boiling springs of Yellowstone National Park and the superheated waters that swirl from
deep - sea
volcanoes.
The little Disco handled
deep snow, roads made of ice, slush, glacial rivers and real glaciers in the land of constant
volcano explosions — and it
lived to tell the tale.
They are perpetual nomads, without a permanent base to call home, but they «have climbed
volcanoes, swum with sharks, gone caving
deep into sacred Mayan caves, spent time with Buddhist monks, hiked in Patagonia and
lived in some of the world's most exciting cities.»
Working with the advice of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Pew Environmental Fund, Bush selected sites that collectively harbor the world's smallest atoll (Rose Atoll - which is home to more than 500 fish species and 97 % of American Samoa's seabirds), several threatened turtle nesting beaches, the
deepest ocean canyon in the world (the Mariana Trench, with its otherworldly, undersea
volcanoes, acidic thermal vents, liquid sulfur, and incredibly rare
life forms), hundreds of species of corals, Hawaiian monk seals, and countless seabirds, rays, sharks, dolphins and whales.