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Barbara Cavalazzi

Professoressa ordinaria

Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali

Settore scientifico disciplinare: GEO/01 PALEONTOLOGIA E PALEOECOLOGIA

Coordinatrice del Corso di Dottorato in Scienze della terra, della vita e dell'ambiente

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In Ethiopia Thinking of Mars, Searching for Life

It is in the volcanic crater of Mount Dallol, Ethiopia, that researchers from the University of Bologna go “hunting” for organisms able to survive in hostile environments similar to those of the “Red Planet”. We are 125 metres below sea level and the temperature can reach over 60 degrees, with chlorine and sulphur vapours that fill the air.