At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...

Ocean microbes influence carbon sequestration through their preferences. Different bacteria degrade specific lipids, ...

An isopod living nearly 3.7 miles (6,100 meters) deep beneath the ocean's surface, has a very unique diet: it feeds on ...

We know Mars once had an active geological past, filled with water, volcanic activity, and dynamic geological changes. Now, ...

The first time Earth’s geologic record – information found inside rocks – has been used to create an animation of this kind.

Beth Orcutt wants to learn more about life at the bottom of the ocean, to inform decision-making on deep sea mining.

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery that challenges our understanding of Earth's water cycle. A massive ...

Forests, soils, and oceans are the primary natural carbon sinks on Earth. Oceans, which cover more than 70% of the planet’s surface ... water sinks into the deep ocean, the dissolved carbon ...

Using information from inside the rocks on Earth’s surface, scientists have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet ...

Scientists used AI to discover how the proteins of a heat-tolerant microbe resist deep-sea pressures, offering insights into ...

And the potential threats don’t end there. “Couple [climate change] with multiple stressors like increased fishing pressure, deep sea mining, deoxygenation, and ocean acidification and you have a ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...