Poás Volcano (Spanish: Volcán Poás), is an active 2,697-metre (8,848 ft) stratovolcano in central Costa Rica and is located within Poas Volcano National...
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Grímsvötn (redirect from Grimsvotn volcano)
vatn) is an active volcano with a (partially subglacial) fissure system located in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. The central volcano is completely subglacial...
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Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount (category Submarine volcanoes)
Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount (previously known as Lōʻihi) is an active submarine volcano about 22 mi (35 km) off the southeast coast of the island of Hawaii. The...
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Haleakalā (redirect from East Maui volcano)
Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˈhɐlɛˈjɐkəˈlaː]), or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive, active shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui...
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Iron-oxidizing bacteria (or iron bacteria) are chemotrophic bacteria that derive energy by oxidizing dissolved iron. They are known to grow and proliferate...
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Ojos del Salado (redirect from Tallest volcano)
Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile...
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Scaly-foot gastropod (redirect from Volcano snail)
known as the scaly-foot gastropod, scaly-foot snail, sea pangolin, or volcano snail is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snail, a marine gastropod...
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Aquifex pyrophilus (category Bacteria described in 1992)
thermophilic bacterium of all known bacteria. A. pyrophilus is an aquatic microbe that is typically found near underwater volcanoes, marine hydrothermal vents...
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Deep biosphere (redirect from Subsurface bacteria)
same was true of bacteria in coal seams. He sterilized samples of coal, wetted them, crushed them and then succeeded in culturing bacteria from the coal...
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methane hydrate, also spewed from the volcano. This kind of an environment proves attractive to chemical-loving bacteria and tubeworms, although the exact...
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in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abu or ABU may refer to: Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan...
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La Brea Tar Pits (section Bacteria)
forms of bacteria embedded in the natural asphalt. After consuming petroleum, the bacteria release methane. Around 200 to 300 species of bacteria were newly...
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Mount Erebus (category Active volcanoes)
Mount Erebus (/ˈɛrɪbəs/) is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency in Antarctica. With a summit elevation...
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gabbro. The eruption of basalt lava is observed by geologists at about 20 volcanoes per year. Basalt is also an important rock type on other planetary bodies...
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low as 3–5 and attract acidophilic bacteria that can also oxidize iron sulfide. Periodic eruptions of the Ionia Volcano occurred as erosion exposed fresh...
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volcanoes, at depths where the boiling point of water is higher than the melting point of sulfur. Native sulfur is synthesized by anaerobic bacteria acting...
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Oligobrachia (section Endosymbiotic bacteria)
Oligobrachia resides—whether near a hydrothermal vent or an undersea volcano—the endosymbiotic bacteria oxidize methane, sulfide, or other dominant chemicals present...
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Hygroscopic. Sodium acetate is used as the carbon source for culturing bacteria. Sodium acetate can also be useful for increasing yields of DNA isolation...
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in the same way near the city of Goma by CO2 emissions from the nearby volcano Mount Nyiragongo. The Swahili term for this phenomenon is mazuku. Adaptation...
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The Malvizza mud volcanoes are the largest array of mud volcanoes in the southern Apennines of Italy. The phenomenon is purely sedimentary in nature, in...
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abrupt sunlight reduction scenarios such as after a nuclear war or a large volcano eruption. 10 January Chemists report studies finding that long-chain fatty...
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Brothers Seamount (redirect from Brothers volcano)
The Brothers Seamount (also Brothers Volcano) is a Pacific Ocean submarine volcano in the Kermadec Arc, 340 kilometres (210 mi) north east of New Zealand's...
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List of SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron episodes (redirect from The Giant Bacteria)
casting a spell to bring the Dark Ages to the present. 2 2 "The Giant Bacteria" Robert Alvarez Glenn Leopold September 18, 1993 (1993-09-18) An evil pilot...
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that are often deeper than Mount Everest is tall, as well as deep-sea volcanoes and basins. While it is often difficult for life to sustain itself in...
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catastrophe that inspired the Atlantis legend. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano on the European mainland, while others, Mount Etna and Stromboli, are on...
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Soda Lakes (category Volcanoes of Nevada)
lakes located northwest of Fallon, Nevada. They occupy two basaltic maar volcano craters which may have erupted in the last 1,500 years. The larger lake...
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Sloviansk, Ukraine, a city Mount Tor, Tasmania, Australia, an extinct volcano Tor Bay, Devon, England Tor River, Western New Guinea, Indonesia El Tor...
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Tajogaite (category Volcanoes of the Canary Islands)
Tajogaite or Tajogaite Volcano is a monogenetic volcano located in the municipality of El Paso on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands. Although its...
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photosynthetic microorganisms such as cyanobacteria, sulfate-reducing bacteria, and Pseudomonadota (formerly proteobacteria). These microorganisms produce...
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Vailuluʻu (redirect from Nafanura volcano)
earthquakes, was noted in the area and was originally known as either Rockne Volcano or Faʻafafine seamount. The name Vailuluʻu refers to a sacred rain that...
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