Compound in 500-million-year-old fossils sheds new light on Earth's carbon cycle

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

Scientists Find Key Building Block of Life in 500-Million-Year-Old Fossils

Ancient fossils are revealing unexpected chemical survivors, challenging long-held assumptions about how biological carbon is ...
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Researchers studying ocean transform faults, describe a previously unknown part of the geological carbon cycle

Woods Hole, Mass. (February 12, 2024) – Studying a rock is like reading a book. The rock has a story to tell, says Frieder Klein, an associate scientist in the Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry ...
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UT San Antonio-led research team discovers compound in 500-million-year-old fossils, shedding new light on Earth’s carbon cycle

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons, in trilobite fossils more than 500 million years ...
SpaceNews

Global Volcanic CO2 Venting Allows Estimate Of Total Carbon On Earth

Volcanoes, colliding and spreading continental and oceanic plates, and other phenomena re-studied with innovative high-tech tools, provide important fresh insights to Earth’s innermost workings, ...
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Ancient Fossil Find Reveals New Carbon Cycle Insights

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons ...
The Conversation

Ancient Mars may have had a carbon cycle − a new study suggests the red planet may have once been warmer, wetter and more favorable for life

Elisabeth M. Hausrath receives funding from NASA, including from the MSL Curiosity rover Participating Scientist Program and the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Mars, one of our closest planetary ...