Marine Science Can Contribute to the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life

J Aguzzi, J Cuadros, L Dartnell, C Costa, S Violino… - Life, 2024 - mdpi.com
Life on our planet likely evolved in the ocean, and thus exo-oceans are key habitats to
search for extraterrestrial life. We conducted a data-driven bibliographic survey on the …

Sampling across large-scale geological gradients to study geosphere–biosphere interactions

D Giovannelli, PH Barry, JM de Moor… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite being one of the largest microbial ecosystems on Earth, many basic open questions
remain about how life exists and thrives in the deep subsurface biosphere. Much of this …

Subsurface microbial community structure shifts along the geological features of the Central American Volcanic Arc

M Basili, TJ Rogers, M Nakagawa, M Yücel… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Subduction of the Cocos and Nazca oceanic plates beneath the Caribbean plate drives the
upward movement of deep fluids enriched in carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and iron along the …