But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...
Researchers have found that Earth’s first oceans may not have been blue at all like today. Instead, they may have gleamed in ...
Like straight out of Julio Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, scientists from Northwestern University and the ...
The substance can contain up to 1.5 percent water, and if the ringwoodite under the surface has just one percent water in its ...
Scientists found that sea levels rose rapidly 11,700 years ago due to melting ice sheets and sudden lake drainage.
The earliest lifeforms, cyanobacteria, appeared around 4 billion years ago. These organisms, now known as algae, were among the first to engage in oxygenic photosynthesis.