Scientists have discovered a previously hidden ecosystem with an expansive system of lagoons in the salt plains of Puna de Atacama, an arid plateau in Argentina — with giant stromatolites that could ...

Scientists discovered a previously hidden ecosystem - lagoons in Argentina's Puna de Atacama harbors microbial communities, ...

One of Australia's best-known divers, Richard Harris, was among those given a rare glimpse below Mount Gambier's major water source and tourist attraction.

Hungarian researchers have discovered unique bacterial communities in thermal waters that may help unravel the development of ...

Stromatolites, layered organo- sedimentary structures reflecting complex interplays between microbial communities and their environment, have long been considered key macrofossils for life detection ...

Hungarian researchers have discovered unique bacterial communities in thermal waters that may help unravel the development of stromatolites, one of Earth's oldest rock formations. These findings not ...

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Stromatolites are sedimentary structures produced by the sediment-trapping, binding and/or precipitation activity of microbial communities, in particular by photosynthetic cyanobacteria. They occur ...

Researchers have pinned down a way to identify signs of ancient life in stromatolites ? strange, lumpy sedimentary rock formations. The method has been used to show the unambiguous remains of cells in ...

In Western Australia, 3.5bn-year-old stromatolites built up the oxygen content of the Earth’s atmosphere to about 20%, giving the kiss of life to all that was to evolve. The sunroof was open and the ...