How Life Made Our Earth
Ferris Jabr’s 3 greatest revelations while writing his book, Becoming Earth. The post How Life Made Our Earth appeared first on Nautilus.
1 Life is Everywhere
Only a few decades ago, the idea that life might exist more than one mile below the planet’s surface, or high above us in the clouds, was considered laughable by most scientists. Today, it’s widely accepted that life inhabits both extremes and everywhere in between. In just about every part of the planet we’ve been able to access—the frigid poles and scorching deserts, the tallest mountain peaks and the deepest parts of the ocean—we have found life.
