{"id":133921,"date":"2025-08-03T10:03:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T10:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=133921"},"modified":"2025-08-03T10:03:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T10:03:29","slug":"earthquakes-can-power-hidden-life-in-the-earths-darkest-depths-china-led-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=133921","title":{"rendered":"Earthquakes can power hidden life in the Earth\u2019s darkest depths: China-led study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeneath our feet, in sunless depths once thought barren, a vast and vibrant ecosystem thrives.<br \/>\nA groundbreaking study by Chinese and Canadian scientists has revealed the surprising \u201cenergy engine\u201d powering this hidden biosphere: the very breaking and grinding of Earth\u2019s crust during earthquakes and tectonic shifts.<br \/>\nForget 19th century French novelist Jules Verne\u2019s fantastical depictions of mastodons and giant dragonflies dwelling in mushroom forests nine to 12 metres (30 to 40 feet) tall in an&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3320270\/earthquakes-can-power-hidden-life-darkest-depths-earth-china-led-study-finds?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeneath our feet, in sunless depths once thought barren, a vast and vibrant ecosystem thrives. A groundbreaking study by Chinese and Canadian scientists has&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133921"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}