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Hidden Worlds and Studies: Astrobiology

STEMe

Astrobiology uses modern technology and scientific capabilities to look into extraterrestrial life in new and innovative ways. In order to understand how extraterrestrial life might survive in climates unfamiliar to humans, researchers consider a variety of other fields such as biology, chemistry, geology, atmospheric science, and many more.

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What is the fate of dissolved oxygen in our oceans?

Futurum

Babette and her team are studying dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Pacific Ocean, currently the world’s largest low-oxic water body, through an innovative and dedicated research programme incorporating a novel multi-proxy approach which will inform climate models. It was my geology and sedimentology teacher at Utrecht University (J.R.

Geology 86