There seems no room for new bacteria on sand grains. Whether summer or winter, midnight sun or polar night – the sand on the ocean floor is always inhabited by…
This pandemic year has seen us confined to our homes and restricted from travelling the world. Not so for some microscopic bacteria in the ocean: Throughout the globe, they partner…
Conditions in the tropical ocean affect weather patterns worldwide. The most well-known examples are El Niño or La Niña events, but scientists believe other key elements of the tropical climate…
From above, the Antarctic Ice Sheet might look like a calm, perpetual ice blanket that has covered Antarctica for millions of years. But the ice sheet can be thousands of…
Scientists from Konstanz unravel the genetic mechanisms controlling fin spine formation across fish lineages. In the movie “A Fish Called Wanda”, the villain Otto effortlessly gobbles up all the occupants…
Methane in the plumes of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. A study published in Nature Astronomy concludes that known geochemical processes can’t explain the levels of methane measured by the Cassini spacecraft…