Earth's oceans may have been green for billions of years until the first photosynthetic organisms flooded our atmosphere with ...

Water trapped in minerals The underground ocean is neither in liquid form nor ice; the water is trapped in the molecular structure of minerals within the Earth's mantle, specifically in a mineral ...

This Google Maps image captured in 2021 revealed a mysterious, triangular dark patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ...

Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power photosynthesis, which may be because they ...

Recent scientific discoveries reveal two extraordinary phenomena that could change our understanding of Earth's hydrology.

Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery ...

Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape – and it has undergone these changes over ...

Over 25 years ago, researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two underground “super-continents” hundreds of miles beneath Africa and the Pacific ...

Ocean ecosystems play a critical ... is found in all organic matter on Earth, from the plants and animals alive today to fossil fuels buried underground. It’s a key building block in the foods ...