Titan is the only world in the Solar System aside from Earth with known bodies of liquid on its surface. However, these seas and lakes are filled with liquid methane rather than water, and they ...

Our growing awareness of the microbial world’s importance and diversity contrasts starkly with our limited understanding of its fundamental structure. Despite recent advances in DNA sequencing ...

Drawing a picture of the Earth's surface. News; ETH News; ... Wegner's research involves combining diverse sets of data in order to get a full picture of the Earth's surface, but for him, diversity ...

Microbial diversity below seafloor is as rich as on Earth's surface Date: October 20, 2020 Source: University of Rhode Island Summary: For the first time, researchers have mapped the biological ...

"This work fundamentally changes our view of the diversity of minerals on the planet," says Hazen. "For example, more than 80 percent of Earth's minerals were mediated by water, which is ...

Dr Hazen said: “For example, more than 80% of Earth’s minerals were mediated by water, which is, therefore, fundamentally important to mineral diversity on this planet.

Another key finding of the 15-year scientific effort is that more than 80% of the earth’s minerals were mediated by water, which is, therefore, fundamentally important to mineral diversity.