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Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone ‘extremely relevant’ to origin of life

Geology Page - May 20, 2018

pillow basalts from undersea volcanic eruptions,

Which came first: Complex life or high atmospheric oxygen?

This is a Wyoming portion of The Phosphoria Formation, a deposit that stretches across several states in the western United States and is the largest source of phosphorus fertilizer in the country

Less life: Limited phosphorus recycling suppressed early Earth’s biosphere

Some of the coldest and darkest dust in space shines brightly in this infrared image from the Herschel Observatory.

Space dust may transport life between worlds, research suggests

Trilobite, Ordovician fossils

Oxygen levels link to ancient explosion of life, researchers find

Scientists Find Potential “Missing Link” in Chemistry That Led to Life...

Geology Page - November 7, 2017

Did life begin on land rather than in the sea?

Geology Page - July 18, 2017

Volcanoes: Referees for the life on Earth

Geology Page - June 3, 2017

Sea level as a metronome of Earth’s history

Geology Page - May 19, 2017

Oldest evidence of life on land found in 3.48 billion-year-old Australian...

Geology Page - May 10, 2017

Biochemical ‘fossil’ shows how life may have emerged without phosphate

Geology Page - March 2, 2017

Study breathes new life into 2.3 billion year old ‘Great Oxidation...

Geology Page - February 8, 2017

Rare meteorites challenge our understanding of the solar system

Geology Page - January 24, 2017

Asteroid impacts could create niches for early life, suggests Chicxulub crater...

Geology Page - November 18, 2016

Study finds Earth’s soils hosted life early

Geology Page - November 18, 2016

‘False’ biosignatures may complicate search for ancient life on Earth, other...

Geology Page - November 7, 2016

Life took hold on land 300 million years earlier than thought

Geology Page - November 7, 2016

Did Meteorites Bring Life’s Phosphorus to Earth?

Geology Page - October 30, 2016

Earthquakes, ‘Mars-quakes,’ and the possibility of life

Geology Page - September 21, 2016

New discovery shatters previous beliefs about Earth’s origin

Geology Page - September 15, 2016

The Origin of Life: RNA World Deep Beneath the Surface

Geology Page - September 9, 2016

Arctic gives clues on worst mass extinction of life

Geology Page - August 25, 2016

Earth interacted with supernova remnants for 1 million years

Geology Page - August 11, 2016

How China is rewriting the book on human origins

Geology Page - July 17, 2016

Rock salt holds the key to a paradigm shift

Geology Page - July 15, 2016

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Mt. Aso could erupt much sooner, scientists warn

October 25, 2016

An illustration from the paper showing oxygen and hydrogen cycling in the deep Earth

When water met iron deep inside the Earth, did it create...

November 14, 2017

‘Trigger debate’ over Indonesian mud volcano sheds light on dynamics of...

November 20, 2015

Iron-oxidizing bacteria live in environments as extreme as the deep ocean and as common as roadside ditches. A recent paper in Frontiers proposes distributing the iron that these bacteria naturally produce to 'fertilize' phytoplankton and help remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Credit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Study Looks to Iron from Microbes for Climate Help

April 3, 2019

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