An unknown group of microbes is thriving in Earth's deep soil and they’re quietly helping to clean the water that becomes our ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Earth’s rocky layers are mysteriously low in nitrogen compared with carbon and argon. A scientific team explored our planet’s ...

SMU research reveals glaciers erode mountains faster than previously thought, with implications for climate change models and ...

What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate. Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American ...

A new phylum of microbes has been discovered thriving in one of the least explored parts of Earth—the deep Critical Zone, a ...

That’s more water than Earth’s Red Sea holds ... which only happens if the layers are made from different things—like dust ...

A hotspot from underneath Earth’s crust may have created a low point that glaciers finished carving out and filling with ...