Rock microbes reveal hidden groundwater carbon engine
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026
Deep underground, microbial communities living on rock surfaces are emerging as powerful but largely overlooked drivers of groundwater chemistry and carbon storage. A team from the Cluster of Excell ... more
Zoantharian cousins blur long held divide between Atlantic and Indo Pacific reefs
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026
For decades, marine biogeography has treated the Atlantic and Indo Pacific oceans as distinct biological worlds, with reef communities and coral assemblages thought to share little overlap across th ... more
'So little we know': in submersibles revealing the deep sea
Aboard Oceanxplorer, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 28, 2026
A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines. ... more