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Deep biosphere mapped

Recorded year2018

Life kilometres underground is catalogued and studied.

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Built on

Ocean drilling shipRecorded · 1968enables
MetagenomicsRecorded · 2004enables
Next-gen sequencingRecorded · 2005enables

Led to

Laboratory 10 km undergroundForecast · ~2068enables

Sources & evidence

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.