{"id":200,"date":"2023-06-09T09:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T16:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/amendlab\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2024-06-17T17:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:01:38","slug":"the-continental-subsurface-biosphere","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/amendlab\/the-continental-subsurface-biosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"The continental subsurface biosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--modal-image-gallery \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--modal-image-gallery\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n      <div class=\"text-container\">\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Amend lab is part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute Life Underground team that seeks to develop field, laboratory, and modeling 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