An international research collaboration, the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO), has discovered a vast subsurface ecosystem, termed the "deep biosphere," containing an estimated 16.5 to 25 billion tons of ...

Shichun Huang does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Earth's internal structure consists of four layers: the crust, mantle, outer core (liquid iron), and inner core (solid iron), with temperatures increasing significantly with depth, reaching values ...

This course addresses the fundamentals of the mechanics of geomaterials, with emphasis on the processes and phenomena that govern the equilibrium of the Earth’s surface. Specifically, the course ...

In the mid-1990s, scientists made a discovery that shook up the understanding of life on Earth: vast reservoirs of microbes can be found beneath the planet’s surface, often buried kilometers deep in ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Shichun Huang, Associate Professor of Earth and ...

As it turns out, diamonds in the Earth are much more common than we thought. About 1,000 times more common, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A new study by an interdisciplinary ...

Almost half of the Earth’s land surface must be protected to stop the biodiversity crisis, according to a new report published Friday in the journal Science. The research found some 64 million square ...