News: Marine Science
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Discovery of New Microbes Sheds Light on How Complex Life Arose
New findings support a hypothesis that complex life, including humans, first arose from the merger of simpler life forms.
![Two of the newly sequenced phyla of archaea were collected from ocean sediments at hydrothermal vents in the Gulf of California.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/hydrothermal-sediment700.jpeg)
The Mighty Copepod
These teeny shrimp-like critters at the bottom of the ocean food web seem totally unimportant.
![Microsope image of a colorful shrimp-like creature](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/copepod-gemmell2400x1350.jpg)
Visualizing Science 2016: Beautiful Images From Researchers in CNS
As part of an ongoing tradition, this past spring we invited faculty, staff and students in the College of Natural Sciences community to send us...
![A simulation of subsurface waves crashing.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/vissci2016-01-1st_allshouse_0.jpg)
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Genetic Potential of Oil-Eating Bacteria from the BP Oil Spill Decoded
Microbiologists led by Brett Baker have discovered potential in bacteria that helped to clean up the BP oil spill.
![An Oil Slick stretches across a span of ocean](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/b2ap3_large_oil-slick-one.png)
Scientists Unveil the Most Comprehensive Genomic Tree of Life
Genetic data reveal a group of bacteria that are so diverse genetically that they represent half of all the diversity of bacteria on the planet
![Archaea and eukaryotes.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/b2ap3_large_tree-of-life-vert.jpeg)
Visualizing Science 2015: Beautiful Images From College Research
As part of a continuing tradition, we invited faculty, staff and students in the College of Natural Sciences community to send us images this past...
![A map of DNA fragments sequenced from the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. The dead zone is an area of low oxygen in the Gulf. Each square is a different DNA fragment from the water. The colored groupings—based on similar DNA sequence composition—represent genomes of newly discovered species that are important to the ecosystem.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/vissci2015-01-1st_baker.jpg)
Visualizing Science 2014: Beautiful Images From College Research
This past spring, we asked faculty, staff and students in the College of Natural Sciences community to send us images that celebrated the extraordinary beauty...
![Polarized light microscopy image of a copepod](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/vissci2014-01-1st_gemmell.jpg)