Life in Extreme Environments: Insights in Biological Capability (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108724203)

From deep ocean trenches and the geographical poles to outer space, organisms can be found living in remarkably extreme conditions. This book provides a captivating account of these systems and their extraordinary inhabitants, 'extremophiles'. A diverse, multidisciplinary group of experts discuss responses and adaptations to change; biodiversity, bioenergetic processes, and biotic and abiotic interactions; polar environments; and life and habitability, including searching for biosignatures in the extraterrestrial environment. The editors emphasize that understanding these systems is important for increasing our knowledge and utilizing their potential, but this remains an understudied area. Given the threat to these environments and their biota caused by climate change and human impact, this timely book also addresses the urgency to document these systems. It will help graduate students and researchers in conservation, marine biology, evolutionary biology, environmental change and astrobiology better understand how life exists in these environments and their susceptibility or resilience to change.

Author: Guido Di Prisco
ISBN-10: 1108724205
ISBN-13: 9781108724203
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/12/2020
Pages: 396
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.67w x 0.76d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2021