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Life at the Limits : Organisms in Extreme Environments by David A. Wharton is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Life at the Limits : Organisms in Extreme Environments about?

We are fascinated by the seemingly impossible places in which organisms can live. There are frogs that freeze solid, worms that dry out and bacteria that survive temperatures over 100 ̊C. What seems extreme to us is, however, not extreme to these organisms. In this captivating account, the reader is taken on a tour of extreme environments, and shown the remarkable abilities of organisms to survive a range of extreme conditions, such as high and low temperatures and desiccation. This book considers how organisms survive major stresses and what extreme organisms can tell us about the origin of life and the possibilities of extraterrestrial life. These organisms have an extreme biology, which involves many aspects of their physiology, ecology and evolution.

Author

David A. Wharton

Publisher

Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521039901

Subjects

Science, Nature, Biology