Deep biosphere harbors active, growing communities of microorganisms
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 12:00
in Earth & Climate
The deep biosphere—the realm of sediments far below the seafloor—harbors a vast ecosystem of bacteria, archaea, and fungi that are actively metabolizing, proliferating, and moving, according a new study by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Delaware (UD).