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SUMMARY:Life in the Extreme Deep - Lecture by Peter Girguis
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Life in the Extreme Deep - Lecture by Peter Girguis=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441393969=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2011-10-12=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2011-10-12=0D=0A=0D=0AThe Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010 was the largest accidental marine disaster in history, dumping nearly 5 million barrels into the ocean, causing extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats, and to the Gulf's fishing and tourism industries. Peter Girguis, Loeb Associate Professor of Natural Sciences at Harvard, will discuss how biologists are working with environmental and industry officials to understand how natural “oil-eating” microbes are able to aid in the cleanup.=0D=0A==0D=0A=A reception to follow in the museum's new photographic exhibition, Life in the Extreme Deep, a collection of deep-sea photographs by scientists who work in the field with Professor Girguis.=0D=0A=0D=0AStart time:6:00 pm
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