Notable Extremophiles
An extremophile is an organism that thrives in physically or geochemically extreme conditions that are detrimental to most life on Earth.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Dolomites | cryptoendoliths (colonizes structural cavities within porous rocks, including spaces produced and vacated by euendoliths) | |
| Fertö/Neusiedlersee | Neusiedlersee: halophiles (organisms that thrive in environments with very high concentrations of salt) | |
| Galapagos Islands | Pompeii worm (an extremophile found only at hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean) - wiki | |
| Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers | extremophilic ciliated protozoa at the Valley of Flowers (live in sulphur spring) | |
| Sagarmatha National Park | ... the Himalayan jumping spider, is a small jumping spider that lives at elevations of up to 6,700 m (22,000 ft) in the Himalayas, including Mount Everest, making it a candidate for the highest known permanent resident on Earth (wiki) | |
| Volcanoes of Kamchatka | The Uzon caldera is a location of the occurrence of extremophile micro-organisms due to its high localized temperatures (wiki) | |
| Western Ghats | extremophilic ciliated protozoa in Silent Valley | |
| Yellowstone | acidophiles (thrive under highly acidic conditions (usually at pH 2.0 or below)), cryptoendoliths, hyperthermophiles (thrives in extremely hot environments from 60 degrees C) |
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