Can This British Columbia Lake Tell Us Something About Life On Other Planets?

There are microbialites, strange coral-like growths, at the bottom of Pavilion Lake in British Columbia. They have been out of the reach of scientists but with the addition of new submersible technology they can now be studied. The growths might, says Greg Slater, an environmental geochemist at McMaster University, hold the key to life beyond Earth. These unique carbonate rock structures are known as microbialites because they are covered with microbes. Some of these microbialites grow at depths up to 180 feet below the water's surface, too deep to reach by non-decompression SCUBA diving. read more

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