Life in these underworlds runs on a very different timeline to Earth's bustling surface. With no sunlight, energy is sparse ...

He and his lab focus on characterization of the microbiology of ecosystems associated with the serpentinization of ultramafic rocks in marine and continental ... relationship to geochemical and ...

These reactions transform the mineral olivine — predominant in the upper layer of the Earth’s mantle — into serpentine rocks, ...

The team’s research focuses on catalysts that can enhance a natural geologic process known as “serpentinization,” during which rocks rich in iron emit hydrogen through chemical reactions.