Blooms of coccolithophores can also be beneficial for the local environment. For example, their calcium carbonate scales can ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks – essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The ...

Petrified waterfalls are formed when mineral-rich water flows over rock surfaces and evaporates, leaving behind layers of ...

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.