This review provides an in-depth analysis of the methods used to produce icy regolith
simulants with a focus on the Moon. Current knowledge of the form and morphology of ice …

Some of the coldest and driest permafrost soils on Earth are located in the high-elevation
McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) of Antarctica, but little is known about the permafrost microbial …

The mid-to high latitudes of Mars host assemblages of landforms consistent with a receding
glacial landscape on Earth. These landforms are postulated to have formed> 5 Ma under a …

The permafrost soils of the high elevation McMurdo Dry Valleys are the most cold,
desiccating and oligotrophic on Earth. Rhodococcus sp. JG3 is one of very few bacterial …

The future exploration of Mars will require access to the subsurface, along with acquisition of
samples for scientific analysis and ground-truthing of water ice and mineral reserves for in …

Here we provide the first exploration of microbial diversity from three distinct Victoria Valley
edaphic habitats, namely lithobionts (hypoliths, endoliths) and surface soils. Using a …

This study compares the relations between solar radiation and air and ground temperatures
in the Quartermain Mountains of the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica with those in ice‐free …

Subarctic peatlands underlain by permafrost contain significant amounts of organic carbon.
Our ability to quantify the evolution of such permafrost landscapes in numerical models is …

Permafrost degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) will substantially alter the
surface runoff discharge and generation, which changes the recharge processes and …

The salt fraction in permafrost soils/sediments of the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) of
Antarctica can be used as a proxy for cold desert geochemical processes and paleoclimate …