Mission to understand the effects on Earth of weather in space

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OU academics are part of an international team which has received £3 million from the UK Space Agency to research weather conditions in space.

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The salt flats of Lake Karum

New study reveals how microbial life thrives in one of Earth's harshest environments

Researchers from AstrobiologyOU have uncovered new insights into how microscopic life survives in Lake Karum, Ethiopia, one of the world's most extreme saline environments.