Microbe ecosystem, Arctic warming, and Temperature limits

Your body is a thriving ecosystem, teeming with microbes that colonize every surface, your invisible companions from birth to death. Do we speak the same language? Can they shield us—or even heal us—from disease? Tune in to the latest science as we uncover the mysteries of your microbial world.

The Arctic is heating up three times faster than the rest of the planet—a phenomenon called Arctic Amplification. But why? Complex feedback mechanisms are at play, and unraveling them is key to understanding our changing climate. The (AC)³ research initiative dives deep into this mystery—join me to explore the science behind the Arctic’s rapid warming!

Temperature is a key aspect of all life upon Earth and all this life lives in a very narrow range of temperatures. However, some strange and unusual things can happen when we go to extremely cold or extremely hot temperatures. Within this talk, we shall explore how cold and how hot we can go in nature according to the laws of physics, and the weird and wonderful things that happen when we get there (if we even can).