Sampling near the Centralia mine fire (IMAGE) Michigan State University Caption Marco Mechan-Llontop and Samuel Barnett work at a microbial sampling site near the Centralia mine fire in October 2021, when they were both postdoctoral scholars in the Shade lab at Michigan State University. Credit Keara Grady Usage Restrictions No restriction License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.