George Somero Profile

THE OCEAN AS LABORATORY
George Somero, A Man of Extremes, Returns to Hopkins

By Janet Basu




Beneath the steel-blue waters of Monterey Bay, the sea floor drops off suddenly into rugged canyonlands as deep and awesome as the Grand Canyon. Strange sea creatures live in the frigid blackness, thriving in clouds of sulfur that would be toxic to most forms of life.

This is George Somero territory, life at its extremes.

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