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Microorganisms break down petroleum components in the seabed

Life Sciences

Archaea cultivated in the laboratory are active even at high temperatures and without oxygen. The seafloor is home to around one-third of all the microorganisms on the Earth and is inhabited even at a depth of several kilometers. Only when it becomes too hot does the abundance of microorganisms appear to decline.

Environment - May 16

’Warm Ice Age’ Changed Climate Cycles

Environment

Approximately 700,000 years ago, a "warm ice age" permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth. Contemporaneous with this exceptionally warm and moist period, the polar glaciers greatly expanded.

Environment - May 2

Progressive climate change: Mediterranean forests threatened with desertification

Environment

Heidelberg geoscientists study natural climate fluctuations of the past 500,000 years. With the aim of predicting the consequences of man-made climate change for Mediterranean ecosystems, geoscientists at Heidelberg University have studied natural climate and vegetation fluctuations over the past 500,000 years.

Environment - May 2

Progressive Climate Change: Desertification Threatens Mediterranean Forests

Heidelberg Earth scientists study natural climate fluctuations of the past 500,000 years. With a view towards predicting the consequences of human-made climate change for Mediterranean ecosystems, Earth scientists from Heidelberg University have studied natural climate and vegetation fluctuations of the past 500,000 years.

Astronomy / Space Science - Jun 2

Mars in color and with new details

Astronomy / Space Science

20 Years of the Mars Express Spacecraft: Planetologists at Freie Universität Berlin Publish Global Color Mosaic of Mars with Never Before Seen Details.

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