Scientists uncover massive, diverse ecosystem deep beneath Earth’s surface

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The combined weight of all the carbon in the deep biosphere—which is home to billions of microorganisms—is estimated to be 245 to 385 times heavier than that of all human beings on the surface, researchers reported last year. #ScienceMagArchives

Probing “Galápagos of the deep” reveals staggering abundance of microorganisms


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Scientists uncover massive, diverse ecosystem deep beneath Earth’s surface