More than a billion years ago, a shallow basin in what is now northern Ontario held a subtropical lake. The setting likely ...

People often underestimate tiny beings. But microscopic algal cells not only evolved to thrive in one of the most extreme habitats on Earth – glaciers – but are also shaping them. With a team of ...

Salt crystals formed when a saline lake dried up 1.4 billion years ago trapped air inside, providing a sample of the atmosphere of the day, before photosynthesis was productive enough to make it ...

What is shelf life on a breath of air? Well, it just so happens that back in northern Ontario, it’s 1.4 billion years.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Feb 22, 2025, 09:52am EST Feb 25, 2025, 08:35am EST Beautiful ...

The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the past 500-plus million years in ways that improved conditions for early organisms to thrive. Now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists ...

Japanese researchers made a compelling link between the color of the ocean and water chemistry eons ago. The ocean was most likely green, and it might not have been blue forever. Japanese scientists ...

People often underestimate tiny beings. But microscopic algal cells not only evolved to thrive in one of the most extreme habitats on Earth – glaciers – but are also shaping them. With a team of ...

The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the past 500-plus million years in ways that improved conditions for early organisms to thrive. Now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists ...

University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. People often underestimate tiny beings. But microscopic algal cells not only evolved to thrive in one of the most ...