But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...
Researchers have found that Earth’s first oceans may not have been blue at all like today. Instead, they may have gleamed in ...
Gases within the atmosphere act like glass, trapping the sun's heat ... and reflecting it back towards the Earth. The more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the more heat that is trapped.
Instead, they were a striking shade of green, shaped by ancient microbial life and the chemical composition of early seas.