Name: The mysterious microbes living deep inside the earth -- and how they could help humanity
Uploaded: 2019-06-10T14:44:46Z
Duration: 13 min 49 s
Description: The ground beneath your feet is home to a massive, mysterious world of microbes -- some of which have been in the earth's crust for hundreds of thousands of years. What's it like down there? Take a trip to the volcanoes and hot springs of Costa Rica as microbiologist Karen Lloyd shines a light on these subterranean organisms and shows how they could have a profound impact on life up here.

The ground beneath your feet is home to a massive, mysterious world of microbes -- some of which have been in the earth's crust for hundreds of thousands of years. What's it like down there? Take a trip to the volcanoes and hot springs of Costa Rica as microbiologist Karen Lloyd shines a light on these subterranean organisms and shows how they could have a profound impact on life up here.

Karen Lloyd: The mysterious microbes living deep inside the earth -- and how they could help humanity

The mysterious microbes living deep inside the earth -- and how they could help humanity

Costa Rican volcanoes reveal chemolithoautotrophs filtering CO2, hinting at subsurface life's potential to combat climate change.

Deep subsurface microbiology, a blend of biology and geology, opens doors to understanding Earth's mysteries and life's origins.

Deep Earth's microbes, weighing 40 billion tons, could transform our approach to carbon sequestration and climate change.