As part of ongoing studies, they are investigating how life could have developed on early Earth. Contrary to previous assumptions, biologically available nitrogen does not appear to have been a ...

One of the beautiful things about the complexity of life on earth is the various ways organisms go about obtaining their required energy. We have autotrophs or self-feeders like plants that make ...

Earth has experienced numerous powerful space events that have changed its surface. Some of the most significant were meteorite crashes, which may have played a key role in shaping the planet and ...

Giant Ice Bulldozers: How Ancient Glaciers Helped Life Evolve Feb. 25, 2025 — New research has revealed how massive ancient glaciers acted like giant bulldozers, reshaping Earth's surface and ...

Anti-Semitic attacks have become the domestic and national security intelligence agency's "number one priority" for threats to life, prompting concerns a "hierarchy of hate" is being created in ...

The concept of the "great filter" to explain why so far we seem to be alone in the universe is based on erroneous assumptions, according to a new model that describes how life on Earth evolved in ...

What can volcanism on the early Earth teach us about the formation of life on our planet? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as an international team of ...

microbial life is expected to persist. The future Earth will be dominated by anaerobic organisms—bacteria and archaea that thrive in oxygen-free environments. These microbes existed before the ...

Some scientists suggest prehistoric glaciers hold the answers to how life evolved on Earth. Katharine Cashman via imaggeo.egu.eu under CC BY 3.0 Long before the emergence of dinosaurs—during the ...