When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted ice that ...

Scientists from MIT studied how organisms live in modern Antarctic meltwater ponds to predict how similar organisms would ...

Geobiology, the study of the interaction between Earth and the biosphere, has provided illuminating insights into the many ways microbes have shaped their environment in both modern and ancient ...

Geobiologists attempt to answer such questions as: when and under what conditions did life begin, how can we verify biogenicity in the geologic record, and what governs the relation between the living ...

A novel "electricity-conducting organism” could spark medical and environmental innovations, says researchers from Oregon State University (OSU), the University of Antwerp, Delft University of ...

The very first cells obtained their energy from geochemical reactions. LMU researchers have now managed to recreate this ancient metabolic process in their laboratory. Most likely, the earliest ...

Geobiology: Iron, sulfur, heat – and first life. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Journal Nature Ecology & Evolution DOI 10.1038/s41559-025-02676-w. Keywords ...

Although many areas in Denmark are intensively agricultured, the discharge of nitrate from groundwater aquifers to surface water is often lower than expected. In this study it is experimentally ...

The research is a collaboration between the laboratories of Woody Fischer, professor of geobiology, and Christian Frankenberg, the Chandler Family Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering ...

The Cedars serpentinization site and in situ filtration. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48185-5 ...