crust

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

These deep mines have been a boon to scientists as well. The mining companies drill boreholes into…

A new study by DCO researchers finds striking similarities between methane from very diverse vents…

To understand the conditions that created this bloom, DCO members Sebastian Tappe, Malcolm…

In a new paper in Nature Geoscience [1], Sascha Brune (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences,…

Scientists are beginning to recognize that continental rifts, where the crust rips apart in the…

In a new paper in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems [1], Jonathan Hunt (University of Oxford, UK…

In a new paper [1] in Nature, Remco Hin at the University of Bristol, UK, and colleagues, examined…

One possible source of abiotic methane is serpentinizing systems, such as hydrothermal vents. At…

Much research on subsurface methane has focused on biotic methane, which is produced by…