Mars on Earth: Salt lake life
- Author
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Published
- Fri 29 Aug 2025
- Episode Link
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/what-the-duck/mars-salt-lake-snails-extremophiles/105658822
This place is so extreme that NASA sends scientists to test equipment for Mars missions. And yet, Australia's salty lakes are full of life.
Featuring:
Bonnie Teece, Postgraduate Researcher at UNSW
Angus D'Arcy Lawrie, PhD Student at Murdoch University.
Production:
Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.
Petria Ladgrove, Producer.
Joel Werner, Script Editing.
This episode of What the Duck?! was originally broadcast in 2022 and was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.
