
Earth’s extraordinary deep biosphere is our next great frontier
Microbial life lurks in places like this thermal vent in the Pacific Ocean Galih/Alamy IntraterrestrialsKaren G. Lloyd (Princeton University Press) I can think of a shelf-full of books about forests, and nearly as many about the ocean or deserts. And consider how much ink has been spilled over expeditions to far-flung ecosystems, from the Amazon…