How much carbon can the ocean absorb, and what happens to it as the planet warms? Sonya Dyhrman, a microbial oceanographer and professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is trying to answer these ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna discovered MISO bacteria that use iron minerals to oxidize toxic sulfide, creating energy and producing sulfate. This biological process reshapes how ...

Scot Miller is an assistant professor in Johns Hopkins University's Department of Environmental Health and Engineering whose research focuses on greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. His ...

Scientists found iron-fueled microbial life thriving deep beneath the Red Sea at Hatiba Mons, revealing a vast, metal-driven vent ecosystem.

QUT researchers have recovered the genomes of more than 24,000 previously unknown microbial species—some from entirely new ...

Permafrost is the frozen mix of soil, ice, and rocks that occupies nearly a quarter of the land in the northern hemisphere.

With so many coral reefs bleaching and pangolins being poached, it may seem tone-deaf to call for the conservation of species that are too small to see with the naked eye. But that’s exactly what the ...

The bottom of the Gowanus Canal is not, strictly speaking, a hospitable environment. It’s covered in a thick layer of contaminated sediment, the product of more than 150 years of industrial pollution ...

Fermented foods generally last longer, but even with foods that contain good bacteria, you have to watch out for invasions of ...