A global effort to create a "microbial Noah's Ark" to preserve the world's diverse collection of healthy microbes before they ...

Scientists believe microbes on Earth can help unlock what life was like during the planet’s early stages and this information could potentially help them recognize signs of life on other planets.

As detailed in a new study published in the journal Microbial Ecology, scientists discovered living microbes sealed inside a 2-billion-year-old stone.. It's "the oldest example of living microbes ...

In a study recently published in the academic journal Microbial Ecology, the researchers revealed that, in the centre of the ...

Earth is made up of several layers: the lithosphere, asthenosphere, lower mantle (also known as mesospheric mantle), outer core and inner core. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

These tiny organisms accumulated in sedimentary layers over millions of years, undergoing immense pressure and heat deep within Earth’s ... shallow seas or deltas teeming with microbial life.

Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would restore the layer across much of the world by the 2040s, and would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in ...

Scientists have long wondered what lies at the center of the Earth. New research is putting weight behind a theory that our home planet has a distinct ball of iron within its metallic core.

Apr. 13, 2022 — Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study that challenges the conventional view of when life ... Print Email Share Breaking ...

The monumental finding suggests the Earth has five major layers instead of four, and offered new details scientists could use to help unlock some of the oldest mysteries about our planet and how ...