The Marble Caves sit on the shores of a turquoise glacial lake in southern Chile. Light bounces off the water onto the walls, ...

In the arid deserts of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, researchers have uncovered an astonishing discovery: thin, orderly ...

Marble is best known for what it can be made into — incredible artworks or tacky ashtrays. But before it was that prized white-grey rock, marble was something a lot more pedestrian — limestone.

Mysterious micro-burrows in desert marble and limestone were probably made by microbes that lived millions of years ago. Exactly what kind of microbes bored into the rock remains unknown, as does ...

Mysterious micro-burrows in desert marble and limestone were probably made by microbes that lived millions of years ago. Exactly what kind of microbes bored into the rock remains unknown, as does ...

Together with wind, water, and ice, these powerful processes turn rock to sand, sculpt sandstone arches, dissolve limestone, and carve out mountain paths. Learn about the processes of weathering ...

Subfossil Fracture-Related Euendolithic Micro-burrows in Marble and Limestone. Geomicrobiology Journal , 2025; 1 DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2025.2467417 Cite This Page : ...