A team of researchers has linked Earth's slowing rotation to the Great Oxidation Event, which made the planet more habitable ...

While climate discussions often center around energy, transport, and agriculture, the construction sector remains a sleeping ...

Learn more about the Middle Island Sinkhole, an under water sinkhole with no oxygen.

The "skyglow" produced when light from cities bounces off clouds can help cyanobacteria and other aquatic microbes grow at ...

Ancient oceans were green due to their high iron content Cyanobacteria adapted to green light for photosynthesis Climate change is increasing phytoplankton, altering ocean color ...

And in this greenish glow, blue-green algae flourish. Despite their name, blue-green algae aren’t algae at all — they’re cyanobacteria: ancient, light-harvesting microbes that helped shape Earth’s ...

This study reports the reconstruction and characterization of an ancient proto-circadian clock system that could have benefited the adaptation of cyanobacteria to 18 h-long light/dark cycles 0.95 ...

Scientists have long credited cyanobacteria — tiny photosynthetic organisms — for sparking the Great Oxidation Event, which flooded Earth's atmosphere with oxygen and paved the way for complex life.

(Related: Rediscovering China’s ancient Tea Horse Road, a branch of the famous Silk Road.) Nuodeng, a former Tea Horse Trail town, has some of the best-preserved examples of traditional Bai ...

Archaeologists excavating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the ancient church in Jerusalem situated where Jesus Christ was crucified and buried, recently found evidence of ancient olive trees and ...

A federal jury convicted two Henderson men on Wednesday on charges related to the damage of ancient rock formations at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, according to federal prosecutors.