Slow orbital changes caused pulses in Earth's oxygen cycle 500 million years ago, which spurred explosions of animal life.

RRS Sir David Attenborough scientists are trying to measure the potentially crucial role of ocean manganese, finds. But how do you do cutting-edge science in the inhospitable Southern Ocean?

In 2023, Canada's worst wildfire season on record produced so much smoke that it spilled across national borders into the ...

Calcium (Ca) plays a fundamental role in carbonate weathering and the global carbon cycle. Carbonate weathering contributes ...

An international research team led by Aalborg University with contributions from the University of Vienna has systematically ...

In the mid-1700s, Denmark tried to capture its natural world in ink and copper. Artists and scholars spent more than a ...

The living architectures of corals harbor rich biodiversity, but they may also have played, over geological time, a central ...

Researchers found that coral reefs are crucial in regulating the carbon cycle and supporting climate stability.

As part of the international deep-sea research initiative IODP3, a team from the University of Innsbruck’s Departments of ...

An international research team led by Aalborg University with contributions from the University of Vienna has systematically mapped the microbiome of an entire country for the first time. In the study ...

A new study highlights the key role the Southern Ocean plays in the Earth’s climate system. Around 12,000 years ago, the last ...

Wetlands, as critical "ecological kidneys" of the earth, perform irreplaceable functions such as water purification, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity ...