Monday, July 28, 2014

New Zealand:

1000 Geothermal Springs

by Julian Thomson, outreach educator for GNS Science


GNS Science and Waikato University are investigating one thousand of the geothermal hot springs in New Zealand's North Island.



(VIDEO: 6:16 Minutes)

The goal of this ambitious 1000 Springs Research Project is to understand and compare the microbiology of these springs along with their physical and chemical make-up. That adds up to a lot of sampling trips, processing of data and investigation of the findings!

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