Deep Sea Microbiology (UNSEEN OCEAN CRITTERS) with Peter Girguis
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Deep Sea Microbiology (UNSEEN OCEAN CRITTERS) with Peter Girguis

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 2, 20261 hr 24 min

Creatures in inky trenches. Exploring the sea floor. Mud medicine. Tube worms. Harvard professor and Deep Sea Microbiology legend Dr. Peter Girguis tells tales of ocean expeditions and answers questions about extremophiles, life on other planets, Atlantis, shark encounters, methane munching, hydronauts, Trekkie trivia, the safety of submersibles, deep sea simulations, and how ocean organisms may just save your life. Visit the Girguis Laboratory and follow Dr. Girguis on Google Scholar A donation went to the National Immigration Law Center More episode sources and links Other episodes you may enjoy: Oceanology (O...

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Oh, hello. If you are hearing this before September 8th, 2026, and you live anywhere near Atlanta, Georgia, just a heads up. I'm doing a free talk that's open to the public at Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia alongside a wonderful meteorology guest, Dr. Marshall Shepherd. And again,

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it's September 8th, 3 to 4 p.m. at the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. That's actually in Athens, Georgia. It's at their special collections library. September 8th, okay, I'll see you there. Oh, hey, it's the flyer tucked on your windshield flapping on the highway. Allie Ward. This one is another long time coming episode. I was tipped off about this

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ologist by my dear friend and squid expert, Dr. Sarah McAnulty of Skype a Scientist, who sang this fellow marine scientist praises. And as soon as I heard critters of the deep, I was in. But wait, micro critters? Is that a thing? Oh, you have no idea, but they do. So they got their Bachelors of Science at UCLA, a PhD from UC Santa Barbara, and did a postdoc at

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