The Environments Group had been working on cleaning up some of the toughest enviro-hazard zones on Earth - it was no surprise to them to find microbes living in a radioactive seep or an acid spill-out. Their idea of fun was boiling water, frozen subzeroes, gooey gunk - so the Xlife challenge of finding life in extreme environments had them chomping at the bit.

Topics

What's the hardest places for life to be on Earth?

  • What is the coldest life can stand? Could there be life inside of ice?

  • What is the hottest life can stand? Could there be life inside a volcano? in boiling water?

  • Can life exist without oxygen?

  • Can life exist without liquid water?

  • Can life stand acid? or lye? or salt? pressure?

  • Can there be life inside rock? can there be life deep inside a planet?

  • Can life exist in the presence of radiation?

  • Can life exist in the presence of ultraviolet light?

 Xlife: Extreme Environments

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