Scientists Stunned to Find Signs of Ancient Life in a Place No One ExpectedScientists found ancient wrinkle-like structures in Moroccan rocks. These formations, 180 million years old, suggest microbes lived in deep...
15 Mar, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
What Lies Beneath the Ocean Floor? 66 Million Years of Climate History ExplainedScientists are unlocking Earth's climate secrets buried deep beneath the ocean. Sediment cores, like ancient books, reveal millions of year...
05 Mar, 2026, 06.06 PM IST
No Sunlight, No Photosynthesis — So How Is the Deep Sea Creating Oxygen?Researchers have discovered evidence of oxygen production in the deep Pacific Ocean, independent of sunlight and living organisms. Polymeta...
22 Feb, 2026, 10.00 PM IST
The Deep Sea Has “Brine Pools” That Can Kill Fish InstantlyScientists have discovered alien-like brine pools deep beneath the ocean, forming dense, hypersaline lakes on the seafloor. These extreme e...
22 Feb, 2026, 04.57 PM IST
Dark Oxygen, Singing Dunes, Uphill Rivers: 9 “Impossible” Things Science Can Now ExplainScientists have demystified astonishing natural events once thought impossible. From oxygen forming in deep oceans without sunlight to sand...
16 Feb, 2026, 04.08 PM IST
Oxygen Without Sunlight? Deep-Sea Discovery Challenges What We Thought We KnewScientists have discovered a phenomenon dubbed "dark oxygen" on the Pacific seafloor, where oxygen appears to be generated in total darknes...
16 Feb, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
Scientists Investigate How Oxygen May Form in the Deep Ocean Without SunlightScientists have discovered a surprising source of oxygen on the deep ocean floor, challenging the long-held belief that sunlight is essenti...
14 Feb, 2026, 04.37 PM IST
Deep-sea mining may be necessary for a greener futureDeep-sea mining for cobalt and nickel could speed up renewable energy adoption. Discoveries in the Clarion-Clipperton zone revealed unique ...
31 Jul, 2024, 09.49 AM IST
Global ocean covered entire Earth 3.2 billion years ago"The history of life on Earth tracks available niches. If you've got a waterworld, a world covered by ocean, then dry niches are just not g...
03 Mar, 2020, 06.24 PM IST
- Scientists confirm growing oxygen-less 'dead zone' in Gulf of Oman
London, April 27 (IANS) Researchers of a British university have brought to light the existence of a fast-growing "dead zone" devoid of oxy...
27 Apr, 2018, 08.48 PM IST
- Oxygen rise 400 mn years ago linked to spike in biodiversity: Study
New York, Nov 21 (IANS) A rapid rise in the oxygen levels over 400 million years ago may have provided a three-fold increase in biodiversit...
21 Nov, 2017, 07.27 PM IST
- Ancient life forms that survived without oxygen found
New York, Nov 30 (IANS) Researchers have discovered fossils of 2.5 billion-year-old sulfur-oxidising bacteria that existed just fine withou...
30 Nov, 2016, 03.25 PM IST
Jupiter's moon Europa's ocean may harbour life: NASAIn a new study, scientists at NASA found that the amounts would be comparable in scale; oxygen production is about 10 times higher than hyd...
18 May, 2016, 01.03 PM IST
Increase in oxygen did not lead to rise of first animalsAn increase in oxygen did not lead to the rise of the first animals on our planet, a new study has found.
05 Jan, 2016, 04.43 PM IST
Ancient oceans were rich in gold: StudyResearchers have developed a new technique to estimate how much gold was in oceans billions of years ago.
04 Aug, 2015, 05.35 PM IST
Earth may have formed with oceans in its interiorThe study also indicates that the same amount of water that currently fills the Pacific Ocean could be buried deep inside the planet right ...
18 Dec, 2014, 05.40 PM IST
- Scientists found animals that can live without oxygen
For the first time, scientists have claimed to have discovered animals that live without oxygen deep under the Mediterranean Sea.
08 Apr, 2010, 07.53 PM IST