Researchers studying the deep biosphere, Earth’s largest ecosystem, have found evidence that life thriving miles below the planet’s surface may have played a far bigger role in shaping atmospheric ...

Deep beneath Yellowstone’s famous geysers, a hidden world of microbes and magma is responding to earthquakes in ways scientists are only now beginning to see clearly. Using artificial intelligence to ...

Schematic for redox chemistry driven by mechanical processes in the deep subsurface on rocky planets. (A) The formation of habitable environments in the subsurface as silicate crusts are reworked by ...

The massive Oyu Tolgoi gold-copper mine has been mired in controversy for years and disrupted by protests - Copyright AFP BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR The massive Oyu ...

Deep beneath the ocean's surface lies Earth's largest carbon reservoir: marine sediments that have accumulated organic matter over millions of years. Long assumed to be permanently "locked away," this ...

Here is a recent NY Times article on the Earth’s deep biosphere featuring the work of Alexis Templeton’s group in Oman.

In my recent EDN article, Man’s endeavor to live beyond Planet Earth, I discussed the present efforts of NASA and the Biosphere 2 in their efforts towards a Bio-Regenerative Life Support System (BLSS) ...