Recent research which has counted with the participation of the University of Granada Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences has yielded new data on chemical gardens, mysterious formations produced when certain […]
Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Life On An Aquaplanet
An MIT study finds an exoplanet, tilted on its side, could still be habitable if covered in ocean. Nearly 2,000 planets beyond our solar system have been identified to date. […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release
Microbes Can Create Dripstones
According to new research humble, microscopic organisms can create dripstones in caves. This illustrates how biological life can influence the formation of Earth’s geology – and the same may be […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Mars, Origin & Evolution of Life
Mars Mineral Could be Linked to Terrestrial Microbes
Scientists have discovered that the earliest living organisms on Earth were capable of making a mineral that may be found on Mars. The clay-mineral stevensite has been used since ancient […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Habitable Zones, Origin & Evolution of Life, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Metabolism May Have Started in Early Oceans Before the Origin of Life
The chemical reactions behind the formation of common metabolites in modern organisms could have formed spontaneously in the earth’s early oceans, questioning the events thought to have led to the […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Reconstructed Ancient Ocean Reveals Secrets About the Origin of Life
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have published details about how the first organisms on Earth could have become metabolically active. The results, which are reported in the journal Molecular […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
Bacteria Get New Badge as Planet's Detoxifier
A study published this week in PLOS ONE authored by Dr. Henry Sun and his postdoctoral student Dr. Gaosen Zhang of Nevada based research institute DRI provides new evidence that […]
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Rare Mineral Points to Vast Oceans Beneath the Earth
It might be the ugliest diamond you’ll ever see, but within this brown sliver of carbon is a gem of a find for a University of Alberta scientist working to […]
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Understanding How Mountains and Rivers Make Life Possible
Favorable conditions for life on Earth are enabled in part by the natural shuttling of carbon dioxide from the planet’s atmosphere to its rocky interior and back again. Now Stanford […]
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How Deep Inside Our Planet Can Life Exist?
The Sun was once thought to provide energy for all life on Earth – meaning that life could not survive without it. In the 20th century, as astrobiologists began to […]