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SINKHOLE OUTREACH MATERIALS (back to top):

Nature Education Article:

http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/rock-water-microbes-underwater-sinkholes-in-lake-25851285

TV program – Discovery Channel Daily Planet September 2009:
watch.discoverychannel.ca/daily-planet/september-2009/daily-planet-september-22-2009/#clip216315

Youtube clips:
www.youtube.com/watch

Radio Interviews:
www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2008-2009/mp3/qq-2009-03-14_05.mp3

Web Casts:
Live webcast on sinkholes to schools across the nation from on board the R/V Laurentian during a cruise in TBNMS, Lake Huron. (Note: Click Archives, then Underwater Sinkholes in this website). www.oceanslive.org/portal/

Other Web Sites related to our research:

Sinkhole web sites at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS): thunderbay.noaa.gov/research/exploration2007.html

Sinkhole web site at NOAA-Ocean Explorer: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/welcome.html

Sinkhole web site at NOAA-GLERL:
www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2006/eosruberg06-1.html

Microbialites and Cenotes of Laguna Bacalar, Bacalar, Mexico
lagunabacalarinstitute.com/

MICROBE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS (back to top):

Additional resources and lesson plans on exploration of life on Earth: Collection of videos on Lake Huron Sinkholes

http://wn.com/lake_huron_sinkholes

Exploration of Submerged Sinkholes in Lake Huron

http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/Sinkholes_GLERL.pdf

Ocean Explorer Log – Thunder Bay Sinkholes 2008

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/

Chemosynthesis in the Classroom

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/chemosyn.pdf

Ancient Bugs

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/ancient_bugs.pdf

This Life Stinks

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/stinks.pdf

The Cells That Changed the World

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/cyanobacteria.pdf

Exploring the Twilight Zone

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/twilight_zone.pdf

The Astrobiology Primer

http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/astrobiology-primer-published/

SINKHOLE RESEARCH "IN THE NEWS" (back to top):

Eos-AGU Press release:

http://www.agu.org/news/press/pr_archives/2009/2009-04.html

Website/Newspaper Articles:
Special Report: Lake Huron sinkholes: greatlakesecho.org/2009/07/14/special-report-lake-huron-sinkholes/#more-7708

Biddanda gets international attention for Lake Huron sinkhole research http://www.gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=36E6FB74-CD2B-DB10-E9F8627FAFA72DD8&archiveDate=01-Sep-06

http://www.thealpenanews.com/page/content.detail/id/501862.html

www.thealpenanews.com/page/content.detail/id/505831.html?nav=5004

www.thealpenanews.com/page/content.detail/id/504654.html?nav=5004

www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-great-lakes-sinkholes-apr27,0,4865021.story

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224163649.htm

www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/27/735625/-Bizarre-Anaerobic-Ecosystems-Discovered-In-Lake-Huron-%5BUPDATES%5D

www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,500124,00.html

www.wvgazette.com/News/200905030369

www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/02/muskegonbased_gvsu_scientist_d.html

www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/25/sinkholes.html

www.livescience.com/animals/090224-great-lakes-extremes.html

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