Hadal ecosystems belong to the least understood environments on Earth. It is commonly thought that microbial communities in hadal trenches are composed of pressure-tolerant taxa that are remnants of shallower surface communities and piezophilic taxa that are specifically adapted to high pressure. However, few studies have conducted systematic comparisons of ...
Percolating just out of sight and mind at the former Naval Shipyards at Hunters Point is one of the nation's most severe toxic hotspots. Radioactive debris from the H-Bomb tests in the 1940s and 1950s was brought back to Hunters Point for testing and cleaning. Ensuing waste ended up in ...
