Deep Carbon Observatory

The biosphere is larger than we thought:

Earth is teeming with life, but a new project shows most of it isn't where you'd expect. A decade-long study has now taken a census of one of the largest and least-understood ecosystems on the planet – the "deep biosphere" that extends several kilometers into the planet's crust. Among the finds are bizarre creatures that can survive at record depths, pressures and temperatures, and even "zombie" bacteria that may live (in a loose sense of the word) for millions of years at a time.

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https://newatlas.com/deep-carbon-observatory-life-earth-study/57607/

Our planet IS life. And once you understand that, you may come to realize how criminal it is to do things like burying radioactive and toxic waste underground.

Will humanity's chief accomplishment be to destroy this life? I certainly hope not. Hopefully the planet will heal itself once we are gone.

By the way, if any ETs are watching us don't be surprised if they prevent us from escaping the Earth. They know we're likely to destroy their worlds, too.