CoEvolve marks 4 years. Where are we?

the CoEvolve project turned 4 years old. Where do we stand with our objectives and results?

Down the Hill the Water Flows

Life and hydrothermal systems are tightly connected

The New Arctic

We are entering a new era for the Arctic regions

New Mexico Expedition 2024

In search of deep life in the crust of the North American plate

Windows to the deep

Rising waters from the deep crust tell us about what lies beneath

Flat tires and science workshops in the desert

How to turn an unexpected car trouble in an opportunity

A day in the field

Description of an expedition day, through a Phd student's eyes

Hydrogen, microbiology and its perspectives.

3 questions.

Iceland expedition.

Expedition report

5 things I would never go without in the field.

Espedition skills

3 Questions to Francesco Montemagno

Fieldwork report, from Eolie

Argentina Puna Altiplano expedition

Fieldwork report, from Argentina

How to build microcosmos

Microcosm experiments downsize reality, allowing the complexity of nature to be studied.

A story from an hydrothermal vent

Drawing of an hydrothermal vent by Bernardo Barosa

Aeolian archipelago expedition

View of Vulcano

Extreme life, extreme colours

A show of colourful microbial mats is a telltale for scientists searching for diverse extremophiles

Message in a bottle

Using bottles to collect gases

How life and rocks interact

In this interview Donato explains the essence of the CoEvolve project

Atacama springs - high and hot

Calibrating scientific devices in the high Andes - do it with care

Expedition report Svalbard winter 2022

Report of the research expedition at the Svalbard islands in winter 2022

3 things I learned doing field work in the desert

Field work requires other skills than just laboratory or analytical skills

From the laboratory to the polar circle, and return

Planning a field work in a polar region, collecting samples, and bringing them back to the laboratories safely

the CoEvolve project kicks off

A quest to study the coevolution of Life with our Planet the CoEvolve project kicks off CoEvolve, the European Research Council funded project, led by microbiologist Donato Giovannelli, has officially taken off

Acidofilic microbes

Not only bacteria and the more elusive archaea, but also microscopic fungi and algae are key characters in the coevolution of Life and Earth

Heading North

the CoEvolve team heads to the Svalbard islands, Norway, to investigate on permafrost and life