The changes in ocean chemistry were gradual. The Archaean period lasted 1.5 billion years. This is more than half of Earth’s ...

But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...

Earth's oceans may have displayed a very different color several billion years ago. This hypothesis emerges from a recent ...

Researchers have found that Earth’s first oceans may not have been blue at all like today. Instead, they may have gleamed in ...

A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the ...

Astronomers found water vapour equal to 3 Earth oceans in HL Tauri’s disk—offering rare insight into planet birth, cosmic ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

"Once you've truly seen the sea, you'll never look at earth the same way again." Silverback Pictures has revealed the trailer ...

which on Earth are produced by some bacteria and ocean algae. "Unlike an Earth-like planet, where atmospheric noise and ...

A devastating meteorite strike over three billion years ago may have been just what early life needed to thrive. While it’s ...