Awareness concerning the degradation of groundwater quality and their exacerbating
adverse effects due to salinization processes is gaining traction, raising for adequate …

Despite their small individual size, marine prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes can form
large 3D structures and complex habitats. These habitats contribute to seafloor …

Ocean export production is a key constituent in the global carbon cycle impacting climate.
Past ocean export production is commonly estimated by means of barite and Barium …

Ba proxies have been broadly used to reconstruct past oceanic export production. However,
the precise mechanisms underlying barite precipitation in undersaturated seawater are not …

Hydrocarbon seeps, deep sea extreme environments where deeply sourced fluids
discharge at the seabed, occur along continental margins across the globe. Energy-rich …

In the Formosa cold seep of the South China Sea (SCS), large amounts of methane and
sulfide hydrogen are released from the subseafloor. In this study, we systematically …

This study investigates the authigenically formed Late Cretaceous and Paleogene marine
ironstones in Western Siberia (Russia) based on petrographic and spectroscopic …

The shallow marine and subaerial sedimentary and hydrothermal rocks of the~ 3.48 billion‐
year‐old Dresser Formation are host to some of Earth's oldest stromatolites and microbial …

Due to their lithotrophic metabolisms, morphological complexity and conspicuous
appearance, members of the Beggiatoaceae have been extensively studied for more than …

The giant sulfide‐oxidizing bacteria are particularly prone to preservation in the rock record,
and their fossils have been identified in ancient phosphorites, cherts, and carbonates. This …