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Measuring the temperature on the seafloor: In the newly discovered hydrothermal field, hot liquid and cold gas bubble up from the sediment just a few centimeters apart. Credit: ROV Kiel 6000 / GEOMAR

Scientists discover a hidden deep sea hotspot bursting with life

February 26, 2026

An individual submarine chimney at a depth of roughly 30 m. Photo: UFZ

White smokers on the lake floor

Pilot plant for the removal of extreme gas charges from deep waters installed

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Lake Yoa in the context of the central Sahara today and during the early Holocene. Credit: Nature (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10336-7

Sediment core reveals 10,800 years of precipitation history in the Sahara

March 26, 2026

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A new study led by Yale University confirms a long-held theory about the last great mass extinction event in history and how it affected Earth's oceans. The findings may also answer questions about how marine life eventually recovered. Credit: Michael Henehan & Pincelli Hull

Mystery solved: Ocean acidity in the last mass extinction