Microbial ecology of permafrost, due to its ecological and astrobiological importance, has
been in the focus of studies in past decades. Although permafrost is an ancient and stable …

Salar de Pajonales, a Ca-sulfate salt flat in the Chilean High Andes, showcases the type of
polyextreme environment recognized as one of the best terrestrial analogs for early Mars …

Periglacial and volcanic environments are considered terrestrial analogs of Mars with regard
to astrobiological characteristics due to their specific set of extreme features. Ojos del …

A field expedition in the High Andes/Atacama Desert region revealed two types of flow-
produced structures and a unique flow regime. Gullies somewhat smaller than those on …

A borehole-wall scanner was developed with 0.1 mm spatial resolution and used to analyse
borehole surfaces in Earth analogue tests to support the drilling of ExoMars 2020 rover and …

In 2019, while launching a multidisciplinary research project aimed at developing the Puna
de Atacama region as a natural laboratory, investigators at the University of Atacama (Chile) …

We describe the general characteristics and interactions happening at a unique, potential
new Mars analogue site, located in the Altiplano and Atacama Desert region: the Ojos del …

Commercial mountaineering has gained widespread popularity in recent decades. Global
mountaineering challenges–eg, the Seven Summits challenge to climb the highest summit …

During an almost two week-long field campaign in the Atacama Desert high altitude region
of Ojos del Salado volcano, tem-perature (T) and relative humidity (RH) values were …

Földünkön az élet alapját a prokarióták több mint 3, 5 milliárd éve létező, sokszínű és
folytonosan változó világa képezi. E szabad szemmel láthatatlan szervezetek mára minden …