A mud volcano, deep beneath the icy waters of the Barents Sea, is flourishing with marine life, scientists have ... The Barents Sea is in the Arctic Ocean, north of Norway and Russia.

"To understand the origin of life, it becomes important to understand when and how Earth began hosting an ocean with a more neutral pH," says Meng Guo, a former Yale graduate student who is now a ...

But it is widely believed that Earth’s ancient ocean was much more acidic, making it harder to sustain life. Many scientists have found that the synthesis of organic molecules is extremely difficult ...

Dark oxygen produced on the floor of the ocean is challenging our understanding of how life may have started and where it may be possible elsewhere... Bubbles of oxygen are seen against a dark ...

Carbon, a building block of life, is constantly moving through different environmental compartments such as biota, the atmosphere, the ocean, soil and sediment, as part of what is called ‘the global ...

But it is widely believed that Earth's ancient ocean was much more acidic, making it harder to sustain life. Many scientists have found that the synthesis of organic molecules is extremely ...