Subduction Zones Pump Ancient Microbes to Seafloor
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- Subduction zones, sites of the world's largest earthquakes, act as a tectonic “pump” moving ancient microbes toward the seafloor (per 2026 SSA meeting).
- Researchers at the 2026 SSA Annual Meeting reported that the pump can revive long‑buried subseafloor microbes, enabling them to spread.
- Ancient microbes lifted from deep subseafloor could be revived and spread across the seafloor.
Why it matters: Ancient microbes will be revived and spread across the seafloor by subduction‑zone pumps.
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