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Lost City: Where Crust Meets Mantle

Posted by michael on from the down-here-all-the-fish-is-happy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Track two-dozen oceanographers on their one-month expedition to the Lost City, submersed off the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Since up to a third of the planet's total biomass may live below 100 meters, one goal is to see if microbes can survive without volcanic heat--instead living off the heat of a limestone rock reaction where the crust meets the mantle. After 15 years of dormancy, this is also rumored to be the script line of the fourth Indiana Jones installment."

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  1. the mole people will get you! by SHEENmaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    *squish*

    How long can subterranian structures hold up under the weight of our garbage?

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    You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.