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Under-sea freshwater reserves found near Canterbury

March 17, 2020

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Study uses seismic noise to track water levels in underground aquifers

Microbes in a sub-seafloor aquifer feast on carbon in fluids flowing through the permeable rock.

Deep water aquifer acts like natural bio-reactor, allowing microbes to consume carbon

Mountain glaciers recharge vital aquifers

Two major U.S. aquifers contaminated by natural uranium

Study finds missing piece of biogeochemical puzzle in aquifers

May 2, 2014

Enormous aquifer discovered under Greenland ice sheet

December 23, 2013

Finding Freshwater Aquifers in the Desert with Radar Sounding

September 25, 2011

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Treasure trove of late Triassic fossils discovered in Utah

October 17, 2015

X-Rays Reveal Inner Structure of Earth’s Ancient Magma Ocean

November 7, 2013

An anaerobic, motile, gram-positive bacterium adheres to the molybdenite (MoS2) surface to uptake the trace elements from the mineral structure for cell synthesis. Credit: Science China Press

Mineral-microbe interactions play important roles in geological and environmental processes

August 26, 2022

Hyalophane

April 29, 2014

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Scientists find new primitive mineral in meteorite

Porous dolomite rock with cavities that would be ideal for geothermal utilisation. © RUB, Marquard

Hot traces in rock

Foraminifera Orbulina Universa eating a small copepod

New study of plankton shells overturns decades-old understanding of their formation...

An imposing fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering the Kashmir Valley, 400 thousand years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer traversing by. In the distance, a small band of prehistoric humans set up campfire to cook their meal. Credit: Chen Yu, University of Helsinki

Giant prehistoric elephant skull from India belongs to mysterious extinct species