Unusual desert rocks suggest unknown microorganism that uses marble and limestone as a habitat
In the desert areas of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, research work has revealed unusual structures that are probably due ...
Scientists Discovered the Tunnels of a Possibly Unknown Ancient Lifeform
For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on ...
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Unknown life forms discovered living in marble and limestone rocks
Mysterious tunnels in desert rocks may be the work of unknown microbes, hinting at a hidden world inside marble and limestone ...
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Unknown microorganisms used marble and limestone as a habitat
Unusually small burrows, i.e., tiny tubes that run through the rock in a parallel arrangement from top to bottom, were discovered in marble and limestone of these desert regions. "We were ...
Greek Reporter5d
Traces of Unknown Life Form Found in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
The discovery has sparked interest among scientists studying endolithic microorganisms, unknown life forms inside rocks.
Scientific American5d
Lime and Its Compounds
All limestone rocks consist of nothing but the aggregated ... So true is this, that there is probably not a particle of limestone, marble, or chalk, that has not, at some period of the history ...
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Evidence of an Unknown Life Form That Lived Inside Marble and Limestone, Found in Namibia and Arabia
In the vast and arid landscapes of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, a team of researchers has identified a series of peculiar ...
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What is a limestone landscape?
CONNOR: Good thinking! I read a bit about limestone on the bus journey. Limestone is a sedimentary rock created by layers of skeletons and shells of sea creatures found in ancient, warm ...