The Ocean Worlds Working Group is seeking a new co-lead for the Science Goals subgroup. The Science Goals subgroup is tasked with developing both immediate and long-term science goals for […]
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MBARI Researchers Discover A New Life Form DEEP In The Sea
MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean’s midnight zone with a large gelatinous hood […]
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The Microbial Ecology of Serpentinites
Serpentinization, the collective set of geochemical reactions initiated by the hydration of ultramafic rock, has occurred throughout Earth history and is inferred to occur on several planets and moons in […]
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Ocean World Update: Sea Life On Earth Will Struggle To Survive Future Global Warming
A new study highlights how some marine life could face extinction over the next century, if human-induced global warming worsens.
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High Functional Vulnerability Across Earth’s Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities
At the nearly pristine hydrothermal vents of the deep sea, highly endemic animals depend upon bacteria nourished by hydrothermal fluids that emerge as outflows from the seafloor. These animals are […]
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Ideas On Abiotic Organic Synthesis Based On Oceanic Crust Findings
Recently, a Chinese research team reported the discovery of abiotic organic compounds in the oceanic crust of the Southwest Indian Ridge and proposed a molecular mechanism for organic condensation.
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Animal Life Discovered Below The Seafloor at Hydrothermal Vents
The discovery of animal life below the seafloor at hydrothermal vents in the East Pacific Rise is reported in a Nature Communications paper. The research sheds new light on the […]
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Unraveling Abiotic Organic Synthesis Pathways In The Mafic Crust Of Mid-ocean Ridges
The aqueous alteration of the oceanic lithosphere provides significant energy that impacts the synthesis and diversity of organic compounds, which are crucial for the deep carbon cycle and may have […]
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Ocean World Genomics: Molecular Monitoring For Marine Change And Threats Using eDNA
New DNA* technology promises to improve efforts to monitor marine life in the Southern Ocean, and detect the presence of non-native marine species close to Antarctica.
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Osmotic Energy Conversion Discovered in Hydrothermal Vents Provides Clues to Life’s Beginnings
Researchers experimentally demonstrated that hydrothermal vent precipitates, located deep in the ocean, contains aligned nanopores that enable selective ion transport, thus facilitating osmotic energy conversion from ion gradients. A key […]