Deep biosphere has endured mountain-building and erosion over hundreds of millions of years

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Sep 7, 2026, 4:20 pm109 ptsTrending
A new study reveals that microbial life deep within Earth has persisted and repeatedly flourished through hundreds of millions of years of mountain-building and erosion. By analyzing minerals, fluids and gases from a 2.3-kilometer-deep (1.4-mile-deep) borehole in central Sweden, researchers have uncovered…

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