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- Evaluate ability of microbial community to use ice-trapped greenhouse gasses<\/li>\n
- Micro ice cube (MIC) incubation experiments to explore how the ice blister microbial community uses methane and terminal electron acceptors (TEAs)<\/li>\n
- Field ice core experiment evaluating if the ice microbe community is more influenced by the sub-ice reservoir or compounds that are trapped within the ice during formation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Identify physiology and metabolism of ice-associated microbes identified in WP1<\/li>\n
- Enrichment of aerobic methanotrophs<\/li>\n
- Evaluation of shifts in RNA expression as a result of ice conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Furthers understanding of polar methane budgets, and the potential implications of climate change on these ice blister environments<\/li>\n
- Establishes micro ice cube experiment method, creating potential for other site applications<\/li>\n
- Develops sampling techniques that can be implemented on upcoming missions exploring our solar system’s icy moons, eg. NASA’s lander expedition to Jupiter’s Europa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Evaluate the ability of methanotrophs in seasonal icings to suppress greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Understand the physiology of microbes in cold, oligotrophic environments, and determine which mechanisms allow them to survive in these environments<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Train astromicrobiologists for upcoming missions studying the potential of ice-associated microbes on our solar system's icy moons<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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Characterize the ice blister ecosystem<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our Research Goals<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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