Intraterrestrials - Karen G. Lloyd

A Biologists Firsthand Account Of Encounters With The Planets Most Bizarre Organismsand How These Discoveries Are Challenging Our Most Basic Assumptions About Life On Earthlife Thrives In The Deepest, Darkest Recesses Of Earths Crustfrom Methane Seeps In The Ocean Floor To The Highest Reaches Of Arctic Permafrostand It Is Unlike Anything Seen On The Surface. Intraterrestrials Shares What Scientists Are Learning About These Strange Types Of Microbial Lifeand How Research Expeditions To Some Of The Most Extreme Locales On The Planet Are Broadening Our Understanding Of What Life Is And How Its Earliest Forms May Have Evolved. Drawing On Her Experiences And Those Of Her Fellow Scientists Working In Challenging And Often Dangerous Conditions, Karen Lloyd Takes Readers On An Adventure From The Bottom Of The Ocean Through The Jungles Of Central America To The High-altitude Volcanoes Of The Andes.