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Dr. Karen Lloyd
Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California, and author of Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth.
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Nov 20, 2025
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#1178 Karen Lloyd - Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
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Dr. Karen Lloyd, a leading Earth Sciences professor and author of "Intraterrestrials," dives deep into fascinating subterranean life. She reveals how intraterrestrials redefine our understanding of life, thriving in extreme environments like methane seeps and boiling waters. Karen discusses the surprising longevity of microbes living for centuries and how these organisms challenge traditional views on the origins of life. She even implies that subsurface ecosystems might be key to finding extraterrestrial life, expanding our search far beyond the surface of other planets.
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