2.75 Billion-Year-Old Rocks Rewrite the Story of Earth’s Early Life
A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic ...
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Fossil findings reveal the surprising impact of volcanic activity on Earth's early life
New research into fossilized rock formations in Zimbabwe is shedding light on Earth's nitrogen cycle before the rise of ...
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Decoding the past: Earth’s most ancient fossils and what they tell us
First up on our list of oldest fossils ever found are the microfossils of the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt. The rock sequence is located on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, roughly 25 miles (40 km ...
How did life develop on early Earth? New source of nitrogen discovered
Living organisms need nitrogen as a central building block for protein formation, for example. However, although our ...