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

September 6, 2026 · 5:00 pm 2 sources

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• Six unusual structures identified at Earth's core-mantle boundary with the help of deep learning
  Phys.org · September 6, 2026 17:00
  Since scientists can't drill 2,900 km (1,800 miles) to the boundary between Earth's core and deep mantle, they must use information relayed by seismic waves recorded during earthquakes to study this region. In a new study published in the journal JGR Solid Earth, a group of scientists used deep…
• Deep biosphere has endured mountain-building and erosion over hundreds of millions of years
  Phys.org · September 7, 2026 20:20
  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…