microbes

Methane in the subsurface can come from three sources: microbes, the high-temperature breakdown of…

When mantle rocks come into contact with seawater, the resulting reaction, called serpentinization…

Each year, about 200 million tons of methane leak out from sediments and cold seeps along the…

For most microbes that settle into marine sediments, there’s nowhere to go but down. They become…

For the first time since 2008 U.S. scientists will thoroughly explore the Lost City hydrothermal…

When exhumed mantle material creates new seafloor along mid-ocean ridges, seawater seeps into…

What happens when researchers from very different fields meet to discuss the questions that fuel…

Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” has enabled natural gas companies to reach new heights in…

At deep-sea hot springs, the hot, chemical-rich fluids produced by geothermal processes in the…

High-temperature hydrothermal vent systems, like black smokers, have generated of lot of interest…