Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

The pH scale is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, 1 being highly acidic, 14 being highly alkaline, and 7 ...

Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

Antarctica may seem pristine and almost devoid of life, but there's plenty of chemistry going on. Victoria Atkinson explains ...

Recent reductions in U.S. oceanographic assets are limiting scientists' ability to access vital materials in the ocean.

A submerged river valley under the Madura Strait was found packed with Homo erectus fossils and other bones submerged since ...

The darkest depths of the Red Sea could shed light on the origins of life itself, thanks to a stunning discovery made by scientists. A team of researchers at the University of Miami hit the bottom of ...

Through exploratory drilling, Resolution Copper Mining has pulled 120 core samples — at a cost of $1.5 million each — from the underground ore body, which ranges from 1.5 to 3.5 percent copper ...

In line with India's growing focus on deep-sea science and infrastructure, the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research ...