Climate change is choking the oxygen out of deep water, and it’s putting fish in a double bind
It's not a good time to be a fish.
Tag: oxygen
Earth’s rotational slowdown may have led to life as we know it
The transition towards longer days may have allowed cyanobacteria enough breathing room to produce enough oxygen to dramatically and forever ...
Another first: NASA’s Perseverance rover extracts oxygen on Mars
NASA's new Mars rover is marking one milestone after the other, paving the way for human exploration of Mars.
How Mars brine could produce breathable air and fuel for a colony
We absolutely need this if we're to ever establish a colony on the Red Planet.
This company’s weird mission: turning moon dust into oxygen
To build a moon base, you first need oxygen.
Scientists find the first animal that doesn’t breathe oxygen
Scientists always thought animals need oxygen to survive. That's now a myth.
This is the first animal we know that doesn’t breathe
We though all life needs oxygen. We were wrong.
A new study says oxygen buildup on Earth was “inevitable,” and maybe on other planets, too
The findings offer renewed hope of finding oxygen on alien worlds.
Curiosity rover stumbles upon mystery of oxygen on Mars
Oxygen is rising and falling with the seasons unpredictably.
The best fossils may need oxygen — just a little — to form
Oxygen, in the right place at the right time, makes for spectacular fossils.
Lunar dirt can be broken down into oxygen and metals
This study rocks.
Key variable used to study Mars’ ancient atmosphere varies during the day
This used to mess up our calculations, but now we understand why.
Geologists uncover ancient mass extinction from 2 billion years ago
It's all about the oxygen.
Iron-breathing bacteria might have delayed Earth’s oxygenation for almost one billion years
Inhale iron, exhale rust.
Meet the fish that can hold its breath underwater
A deep-sea creature is the first fish that we know of that holds its breath underwater.
Comet-inspired reactor could create oxygen for astronauts
Comets seem to release molecular oxygen all the time -- and some scientists have recreated the process on Earth.
The ISS starts experimenting with a photo-bioreactor
A hybrid bio-technology could pave the way for future space missions.
There are arsenic-breathing microbes in the tropical Pacific, a new study finds
Oxygen? In this economy?! Pffff.
The European Space Agency wants to mine the moon for oxygen and water
Should everything go according to plan, ESA wants to launch the mission by 2025.