Busy Microbial World Discovered In Deepest Ocean Crust Ever Explored

[Moontanman]

Busy Microbial World Discovered in Deepest Ocean Crust Ever Explored

 

Rock from deep beneath this undersea mountain in the Atlantic Ocean was recently studied to reveal some of the microbial life interactions going on in the deepest ocean crust ever explored. (Credit: Image courtesy of PLoS One)

 

ScienceDaily (Nov. 19, 2010) — The first study to ever explore biological activity in the deepest layer of ocean crust has found bacteria with a remarkable range of capabilities, including eating hydrocarbons and natural gas, and "fixing" or storing carbon.

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101119162926.htm

[Moontanman]

This sounds a lot like what Thomas Gold theorized in his book "The Deep Hot Biosphere"