Julius Csotonyi on Dark Ecology in 'Dark Eden' - Part 2
From The Science in The Fiction by Marty Kurylowicz and Holly Carson
June 19, 2025 · 44 min · Season 2 · Episode 58
About this episode
Marty Kurylowicz converses with Julius Csotonyi about dark ecology and its implications in Chris Beckett’s 'Dark Eden'.
This is the second part of Marty's conversation with Julius Csotonyi about dark ecology in relation to the dark rogue world of Chris Beckett’s book 'Dark Eden'. We discuss the extraordinary existence of anoxygenic autotrophic bacteria that are capable of photosynthesis in the dark of the ocean floor! Julius describes the ecology of thermal vents and geothermal energy as it stems from a hot planetary core, and we speculate about the kinds of planets that could host a dark ecology. ...
People in this episode
Host: Marty Kurylowicz
Guest: Julius Csotonyi
Topics covered
- dark ecology
- anoxygenic autotrophic bacteria
- photosynthesis
- thermal vents
- geothermal energy
- planetary ecology
Keywords
- dark ecology
- anoxygenic bacteria
- photosynthesis
- thermal vents
- geothermal energy
- Chris Beckett
- Dark Eden
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Dark Eden
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