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Life Underground Critical to Earth's Ecosystems
Researchers collect soil samples in the Far North at the Arctic LTER site.
Credit: Ed Ayres, Colorado State University
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Microbiologist and NSF program director Matt Kane talks about the life on a microbial planet: Earth. Most of the biodiversity on our planet is microscopic, and lives in soil.
Credit: National Science Foundation
Looking underground is like peering through the looking glass in Lewis Carroll's story Alice in Wonderland, says Diana Wall, a soil biologist at Colorado State University. Life in soil abounds, and we're just beginning to discover its extent.
Credit: National Science Foundation
NSF's Arctic LTER Site (ARC) and Toolik Lake field research station are on Alaska's North Slope.
Credit: NSF
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A nematode worm is extracted from tundra soil near Toolik Lake.
Credit: Grace Li, Colorado State University
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Scientist Ed Ayres studies animals below-ground in tundra above the Arctic Circle.
Credit: Johnson Nkem, Colorado State University
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Boreal forest stretches across mid-Alaska; NSF's Bonanza Creek LTER site is located here.
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Spruce trees cover a hidden world at the Bonanza Creek LTER site.
Credit: Ed Ayres, Colorado State University
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Bonanza Creek winds through miles of forest; beneath is a thriving underground world.
Credit: Diana Wall, Colorado State University
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Researchers Johnson Nkem and Jamie Hollingsworth take samples from the boreal forest.
Credit: Ed Ayres, Colorado State University
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