Intraterrestrials discovering the strangest life on Earth
"Life thrives in the deepest, darkest recesses of Earth's crust -- from methane seeps in the ocean floor to the highest reaches of Arctic permafrost -- and it is unlike anything seen on the surface. Intraterrestrials shares what scientists are learning about these strange types of microbial life --...
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- What lives inside Earth and how do we get to it? Is there a "habitat" inside Earth's crust? ; Cracking into solid earth ; The two DNA revolutions
- How do intraterrestrials change our basic notions of what life is like on Earth? Humans and other plants ; How to live inside a volcano ; Breathing rocks ; Living on the edge
- How do intraterrestrials affect our conceptions of ourselves? Immortal microbes ; Rethinking our beginnings ; Equilibrium is death ; What can intraterrestrials do for us?
- Conclusion: The future, maybe.
