How far down can life survive?
2007-08-25 09:15:05 · 2 answers · asked by Balrog 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Life forms have been found in core samples taken from deep in the rock underneath the bottom of the ocean. Some new estimates suggest that up to a third of the Earth's biomass may exist deep down under the ground in these kinds of places. Other strange life forms have been discovered deep inside caves, several kilometers down. We know for sure that life can exist up to about three or four kilometers underground, how much farther than that is hard to say as we don't have very many samples from down there yet.
2007-08-25 09:21:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life was found in the world's deepest mine and perhaps deeper. The life there was a extremely dormant single celled organism that thrived in pockets of trapped water and sustained itself on chemicals dissolved in the trapped water.
I would assume that life could subsist deep within the Earth's crust as long as it is not molten.
2007-08-25 17:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by Wesley W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋