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Dynamic Deep Marine Oxygenation During The Early And Middle Paleozoic

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Curiosity Rover ChemCam Views A Rock Shaped By Eons of Wind And Water

Mars

Curiosity Rover ChemCam Views A Rock Shaped By Eons of Wind And Water

Fossils Shed Light On The Era Before Earth’s Largest Mass Extinction

Fossils & Paleontology

Fossils Shed Light On The Era Before Earth’s Largest Mass Extinction

Studying Terrestrial Rocks To Prepare Techniques For Mars

Analog Studies

Studying Terrestrial Rocks To Prepare Techniques For Mars

Revisiting The Eoarchean Akilia Quartz-pyroxene Rock With Potassium Isotopes: Implications For Early-ocean Sedimentation

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Revisiting The Eoarchean Akilia Quartz-pyroxene Rock With Potassium Isotopes: Implications For Early-ocean Sedimentation

Temperature-Sensitive Lipids Reveal Intraspecific Diversity in Bacteria Isolated from an Ancient Antarctic Microbial Mat

Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine

Temperature-Sensitive Lipids Reveal Intraspecific Diversity in Bacteria Isolated from an Ancient Antarctic Microbial Mat

The “Bagno dell’Acqua” Lake as a Novel Mars-like Analogue: Prebiotic Syntheses of PNA and RNA Building Blocks and Oligomers

Analog Studies

The “Bagno dell’Acqua” Lake as a Novel Mars-like Analogue: Prebiotic Syntheses of PNA and RNA Building Blocks and Oligomers

Ocean Sediments Might Support Theory That Comet Impact Triggered Younger Dryas Cool-off

Impact events

Ocean Sediments Might Support Theory That Comet Impact Triggered Younger Dryas Cool-off

Artificial Seawater Models Affect Sorption of Adenine and Related Molecules Sorption onto Montmorillonite: Implications for Early Mars and Earth Oceans

Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology

Artificial Seawater Models Affect Sorption of Adenine and Related Molecules Sorption onto Montmorillonite: Implications for Early Mars and Earth Oceans

Decoding Ladakh’s Hot Springs Could Help Trace The Origins Of Life On Early Earth And Mars

Origin & Evolution of Life

Decoding Ladakh’s Hot Springs Could Help Trace The Origins Of Life On Early Earth And Mars

Laminae As Potential Biosignatures

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Laminae As Potential Biosignatures

New Grand Canyon Fossils Show The Evolution Of Early Animals On Earth

Fossils & Paleontology

New Grand Canyon Fossils Show The Evolution Of Early Animals On Earth

Answers To The Existence Of Alien Life Might Be Found In Earth’s Deep-sea Volcanoes

Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments

Answers To The Existence Of Alien Life Might Be Found In Earth’s Deep-sea Volcanoes

Fossilized Oysters Hold The Key To Mass Extinction

Extinction events

Fossilized Oysters Hold The Key To Mass Extinction

Ocean Planet Exploration And Taxonomy: Naming A Strange New Species

Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History

Ocean Planet Exploration And Taxonomy: Naming A Strange New Species

New Fossils From Earth’s Most Famous Extinction Show Climate Tipping Point Was Crossed

Extinction events

New Fossils From Earth’s Most Famous Extinction Show Climate Tipping Point Was Crossed

Ancient Life Locked Arsenic Away To Survive Environmental Changes

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Ancient Life Locked Arsenic Away To Survive Environmental Changes

Groundbreaking Analysis Provides Day-by-day Insight Into Prehistoric Plankton’s Capacity For Change

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Groundbreaking Analysis Provides Day-by-day Insight Into Prehistoric Plankton’s Capacity For Change

Origin Of The RNA World In Cold Hadean Geothermal Fields Enriched In Zinc And Potassium – Abiogenesis As A Positive Fallout From The Moon-Forming Impact?

Origin & Evolution of Life

Origin Of The RNA World In Cold Hadean Geothermal Fields Enriched In Zinc And Potassium – Abiogenesis As A Positive Fallout From The Moon-Forming Impact?

The Cambrian Explosion May Have Occurred Much Earlier Than Previously Thought

Origin & Evolution of Life

The Cambrian Explosion May Have Occurred Much Earlier Than Previously Thought