Which microbes thrive below us in darkness—in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor—and how do they compare to the microbiomes that envelop the Earth's surfaces, on land and sea?

Depletion, lower ore grades and higher prices pushing miners to new frontiers. The Arctic is already drawing capital, ...

West Africa has long been understood as one of the world’s richly endowed mineral landscapes, a region whose geology holds answers to questions that the global energy transition is only beginning to ...

From the flamboyant blossoms and birds of rainforests to the living rainbows of coral reefs, Earth’s surface is teeming with life. But some of its most diverse and fascinating biomes are thriving in ...