About this episode

Dr. Peter Girguis discusses deep sea microbiology and the fascinating life forms found in the ocean's depths.

Creatures in inky trenches. Exploring the sea floor. Mud medicine. Tube worms. Harvard professor and Deep Sea Microbiology legend Dr. Peter Girguis tells tales of ocean expeditions and answers questions about extremophiles, life on other planets, Atlantis, shark encounters, methane munching, hydronauts, Trekkie trivia, the safety of submersibles, deep sea simulations, and how ocean organisms may just save your life.

People in this episode

Host: Alie Ward

Guest: Peter Girguis

Topics covered

• deep sea microbiology
• extremophiles
• ocean expeditions
• marine life
• submersibles
• ocean conservation

Keywords

• deep sea
• microbiology
• extremophiles
• ocean
• submersibles
• marine biology
• methane munching
• tube worms
• shark encounters

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard

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