NASA’s ground-breaking discovery at Mono Lake
December 2nd, 2010 by Arya, Communications Director
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Name: Arya Degenhardt
Title: Communications Director
About: Arya oversees the Committee's communications program, which includes the Mono Lake Newsletter. She loves her job because she gets to share the inspiring work of the Mono Lake Committee with members and visitors alike. When she's not in the office you might find her running with her dogs Dublin and Poco, volunteering with the Lee Vining Fire Department, listening to any music with a banjo in it, or willing the plants in her garden to grow. Her favorite things to do in the Mono Basin include ice skating on nearby lakes, skiing the Mono Craters, and getting to smell the sagebrush when it rains.See All Posts by Arya (91)
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News of NASA’s recent ground-breaking finding that a bacterium, discovered at Mono Lake, could eat and grow on a diet of arsenic instead of phosphorus, has the Mono Lake Committee office buzzing with phone calls and emails from around the world. The implications for this information are astounding….
See the details in this morning’s New York Times article.
This new BBC article is also quite good.
You can also watch the press conference here at 11:00am Pacific time for the latest news.
Tufa towers at Mono Lake in California's Eastern Sierra.
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