Cyanobacteria, as they still exist today, were the first organisms to carry out photosynthesis and release oxygen. Produced in primeval oceans about 2.5 billion years ago, this oxygen accumulated in ...
If life ever existed on Mars, it might have looked like microfossils right here on Earth.
Produced in primeval oceans around 2.5 billion years ago, this oxygen accumulated in the Earth's atmosphere on an immense scale. A research team led by University of Tübingen geomicrobiologist ...
Did you know that the deep ocean can produce oxygen without the need of solar light nor photosynthesis? According to a study ...
Life on Earth may have learned to breathe oxygen long before oxygen filled the skies. MIT researchers traced a key ...
Microbial communities hidden deep inside the caves of New Mexico have fascinated scientists who study extreme environments and search for extraterrest.
Images: Carolin Dreher, Jeremiah Shuster Scanning electron microscope images of the spherical cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp.
A key negative feedback in models of anthropogenic climate change is that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means ...
Primitive green algae in aquatic environments use a distinct light-harvesting complex called Lhcp, which differs from the LHCII found in land plants, suggesting an evolutionary transition that ...
Researchers have discovered evidence of oxygen production in the deep Pacific Ocean, independent of sunlight and living ...
What do microscopic viruses and algae on Lake Winnipeg have in common? An internationally trained freshwater researcher at ...