Life Confirmed At Extreme Depths

SEWilco writes "A few years ago the life forms around deep-ocean thermal vents were a surprise. Now ancient bacteria alive in rock 2 miles down have been found. The story is in the San Francisco Chronicle. It is also at Nature.Com, but that server is already rejecting connects. Other bacteria survived frozen in the pressures of an ocean 100 miles deep. This increases the known limits of where life can exist on any planet. Thomas Gold undoubtedly is not surprised at hot, deep bacteria living on hydrogen."

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Oceans are still vastly unknown

[ekrout]

All these years we've been on Earth, and still we humans don't quite understand all the details of marine life.

The articles featured by this Slashdot story focus on recent research that proves life exists many miles beneath the surface of the ocean.

Also, I just read an article over at CNN about how typhoons, while dangerous, are absolutely necessary to sustain marine life for undersea creatures.

The ocean truly is a beautiful work of science/art, even more so after each new discovery is uncovered.

Kudos to the marine biologists that every 7th grade student wants to be! ;-D

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[chunkwhite86]

I suppose you also think GWB killed off the dinosaurs and is responsible for global warming and floods and famines.

Thank you for posting! You've just demonstrated what a moron you are! Congrats!

BTW, you may wish to learn to spell simple english words before you post. Oops... sorry... I forgot that you are a moron.