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Evidence of Life Deep Below the Earth's Surface

posted by azrael on Wednesday October 29 2014, @05:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the but-not-as-we-know-it dept.

tonyPick writes:

LiveScience has a story on evidence of life 12 Miles below the Earth's Surface.

Telltale signs of life have been discovered in rocks that were once 12 miles (20 kilometers) below Earth's surface — some of the deepest chemical evidence for life ever found.

[...] Researchers found carbon isotopes in rocks on Washington state's South Lopez Island that suggest the minerals grew from fluids flush with microbial methane

Also covered at IFL Science.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by TestablePredictions on Wednesday October 29 2014, @08:01PM

    by TestablePredictions (3249) on Wednesday October 29 2014, @08:01PM (#111330)

    Articles like these are why I come to soylent and slashdot before it. Thank you submitter and editor.