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Deep Biosphere Harbors Active, Growing Communities of Microorganisms
June 12, 2013 — The deep biosphere -- the realm of sediments far below the seafloor -- harbors a vast ecosystem of bacteria, archaea, and fungi that are actively metabolizing, proliferating, and moving, according a ... > full storyMore: -
Unfrozen Mystery: H2O Reveals a New Secret
June 10, 2013 — Using revolutionary new techniques, scientists have made a striking discovery about how ice behaves under pressure, changing ideas that date back almost 50 years. Their findings could alter our ... > full story -
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How Archaea Might Find Their Food: Sensor Protein Characterized
June 10, 2013 — Delicious dimethyl sulphide. The microorganism Methanosarcina acetivorans lives off everything it can metabolize into methane. How it finds its sources of energy, is not yet clear. Scientists have ... > full story -
Irish Chronicles Reveal Links Between Cold Weather and Volcanic Eruptions
June 5, 2013 — Medieval chronicles have given researchers a glimpse into the past to assess how historical volcanic eruptions affected the weather in Ireland up to 1500 years ago. Researchers have successfully ... > full story -
Dense Hydrogen in a New Light
June 3, 2013 — Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. The way it responds under extreme pressures and temperatures is crucial to our understanding of matter and the nature of hydrogen-rich planets. ... > full story -
Acceleration of Ocean Denitrification During Deglaciation Documented
June 3, 2013 — As ice sheets melted during the deglaciation of the last ice age and global oceans warmed, oceanic oxygen levels decreased and "denitrification" accelerated by 30 to 120 percent, a new international ... > full story -
Rainforests Take the Heat, Paleontologists Show
May 30, 2013 — Rainforests thrived during previous global warming events, say ... > full story -
Thermal Limit for Animal Life Redefined by First Lab Study of Deep-Sea Vent Worms
May 29, 2013 — Forty-two may or may not be the answer to everything, but it likely defines the temperature limit where animal life thrives, according to the first laboratory study of heat-loving Pompeii worms from ... > full story -
Arctic Current Flowed Under Deep Freeze of Last Ice Age, Study Says
May 29, 2013 — During the last ice age, when thick ice covered the Arctic, many scientists assumed that the deep currents below that feed the North Atlantic Ocean and help drive global ocean currents slowed or even ... > full story -
Colorado's New Alga May Be a Source of Biofuel Production
May 28, 2013 — A newly discovered strain of yellow-green algae has an ideal lipid profile for biofuel ... > full story
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