Serpentinization is potentially significant for the origin and evolution of life during the early history of Earth and possibly on other planets. The dependence of starting materials and their initial ...

The mid-ocean ridge runs through the oceans like a suture. Where Earth's plates move apart, new oceanic crust is continuously formed. This is often accompanied by magmatism and hydrothermal activity.

Here peridotite (a coarse-grained igneous rock) reacts with water to form hydrogen in a process called serpentinization, setting the stage for abiotic methane formation, while also providing fuel for ...

A new study co-led by a Cornell researcher has identified serpentinite—a green rock that looks a bit like snakeskin and holds fluids in its mineral structures—as a key driver of the oxygen recycling ...

Geological formations in Newfoundland, specifically the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, are capable of producing low-cost "geologic" hydrogen and permanently sequestering carbon dioxide through a ...

On Earth circa four billion years ago, life was hard. Frequent asteroid strikes turned parts of the planet into molten rock. Food and livable spaces were few and far between. What was a microbe to do ...

The discovery of hydrothermal fields at ocean floor opens a new chapter for marine sciences. Fluids in hydrothermal fields are hot and acidic, where at least 400 different biological organisms have ...