[ziknard]

From the abstract, "Diversity of terrestrial microbiomes decreases with depth..."

Decreases. Gets smaller.

That is a copy and paste from the abstract of the paper.

Exaggerated by the ignorant tech press and the legacy media; misinterpreted by the public who probably did not read the article, let alone the paper it is based on.

Are we actively trying to become morons, or is it a passive process?

[Oarch]

"Diversity of terrestrial microbiomes decreases with depth, while marine subsurface diversity and phylogenetic distance to cultured isolates rivals or exceeds that of surface environments."