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#99 - Antarctica Series 16: Schuyler Borges
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Today's storyteller is Schuyler Borges! They are a PhD candidate in Astronomy & Planetary Science at Northern Arizona University. Their research, in their own words, is aimed at "understanding how Antarctic microbial communities form remote and in situ biosignatures detectable on rocky, cold planetary bodies in and outside our Solar System". I just find this concept of using Antarctica as an analog for Mars to be just SO COOL and also a totally different approach to research in Antarctica. They are using remote sensing to detect microbes and microbial communities in the Fryxell Basin in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. We talk about how one even does that, about working in Antarctica, what gives the Dry Valleys their name, and how they got into the microbe world. I found it all to be super fascinating and it was great to talk to Schuyler, so enjoy!
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You can find Schuyler Borges on Twitter @PlanetSkyentist or on their website: https://schuylerborges.weebly.com/.
Because you can't see photos on a podcast, the two hot springs we talk about are the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States, and the Champagne Pool at Wai-o-tapu Thermal Reserve in Rotorua, New Zealand.
Recorded on 22 October 2020.
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