The Labrador Sea between Canada and Greenland is often referred to as a ‘lung of the deep ocean’ because it is one of only a handful of locations worldwide where […]
Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
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Why Did Ocean Productivity Decline Abruptly 4.6 Million Years Ago?
By drilling deep down into sediments on the ocean floor researchers can travel back in time. A research team led from Uppsala University now presents new clues as to when […]
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Abundance Of Life Discovered Beneath An Antarctic Ice Shelf
Far beneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic, there is more marine life than expected, finds a recent study in the journal Current Biology, published this week (20 December 2021).
Posted inAstrogeology, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Hydrothermal Vents That Favor Protein Synthesis
Scientists supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program have presented a new perspective on the biochemistry and ecology of hydrothermal vent ecosystems.
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Do Oceanic Convection and Clathrate Dissociation Drive Europa's Geysers?
Water vapor geysers on Europa have been inferred from observations made by the Galileo spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Keck Observatory. Unlike the water-rich geysers observed on Enceladus, […]
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Space Dust Analysis Could Solve The Mystery Of The Origins Of Earth's Water
An international team of scientists may have solved a key mystery about the origins of the Earth’s water, after uncovering persuasive new evidence pointing to an unlikely culprit — the […]
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New Possibilities For life At The Bottom Of Earth's Ocean, And Perhaps In Oceans On Other Planets
In the strange, dark world of the ocean floor, underwater fissures, called hydrothermal vents, host complex communities of life.
Posted inEnceladus, Europa, Icy Worlds, Pluto, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Self-preserving Ice Layers On CO2 Clathrate Particles: Implications For Enceladus, Pluto And Similar Ocean Worlds
Under both engineering and natural conditions on Earth and in the Universe, some gas hydrates are found to be stabilised outside their window of thermodynamic stability by the formation of […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Bacterial Evolution In Ancient Sub-seafloor Sediments
Micro-organisms persisting deep below the seafloor for millions of years continue to evolve despite living at the energy limit to life.
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New Approach Opens Window Into Life Below The Seafloor
New research may provide a breakthrough for scientists to understand life in the harshest of environments. Scientists from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences studied microorganisms from an underwater mountain in […]