Despite its fleeting existence – about 300 nanoseconds - carbonic acid is a crucial intermediate species in the equilibrium between carbon dioxide, water and many minerals.

New insights on carbonic acid in water: Implications for geological and biological processes Date: October 22, 2014 Source: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Summary: A new study provides ...

Carbonic acid (HOCOOH), which you may know as the chemical that makes your soda fizzy, was discovered lurking near the center of our galaxy in a galactic center molecular cloud named G+0.693-0.027 ...

Carbonic acid, an important component of amino acids, has been seen in a cloud of gas near the centre of the Milky Way, which could help us explain how life came to be on Earth ...