A new study uses an innovative approach to examine a shallow-water hydrothermal system and the production of microbes there in situ and near natural conditions as a model to assess the importance of ...

There are more than a billion bacteria in just one litre of seawater. How do all of these organisms find the energy and nutrients they need to survive? In the nutrient-rich waters near the surface of ...

Scientists discovered deep-sea life in the Pacific Ocean. The ecosystems exist over 31,000 feet below. These organisms survive without sunlight. Chemosynthesis provides energy for life. The Fendouzhe ...

At the top of a mountain in southwest Turkey, the ground spits fire. Known as the Flames of Chimaera, they have burned for millenniums. Local myth long held that these fires were the breath of a ...

Woods Hole, MA (April 22, 2022) - Most visitors to Paliochori Beach on the Greek island Milos may not be aware of the bay’s shallow-water hydrothermal community, a veritable Greek salad of microbes, ...