Karen Lloyd
@karenlloyd.bsky.social
Subsurface microbiologist/biogeochemist, runner, laugher, wife, parent, TED speaker, Wrigley Prof. at U. Southern California, she/her, got a book coming out in May 2025 called INTRAterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
Nicely spotted! I hope you enjoy Intraterrestrials!
September 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Nicely spotted! I hope you enjoy Intraterrestrials!
I hope you enjoy it! I didn't pull any punches with the science, but I tried to make it fun. Maybe after you re-read all those books, you can watch The Core! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVko...
The Core - Trailer
YouTube video by Paramount Movies
www.youtube.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I hope you enjoy it! I didn't pull any punches with the science, but I tried to make it fun. Maybe after you re-read all those books, you can watch The Core! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVko...
Good question! There's just an insert of color photos of field work. As long as you can conjure images of a researcher bouncing down a volcanic scree pile, and doing a "happy dance" next to a drill and snowmobiles (we had a HARD time reaching permafrost), you can understand the book without them. :)
August 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Good question! There's just an insert of color photos of field work. As long as you can conjure images of a researcher bouncing down a volcanic scree pile, and doing a "happy dance" next to a drill and snowmobiles (we had a HARD time reaching permafrost), you can understand the book without them. :)
If you want, you can read MY book about it! It's called Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth. (But I agree, it would be FIRE if @carlzimmer.com put his own spin on the subject!) press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Intraterrestrials
A biologist’s firsthand account of the hunt for life beneath earth’s surface—and how new discoveries are challenging our most basic assumptions about the nature of life on Earth
press.princeton.edu
August 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If you want, you can read MY book about it! It's called Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth. (But I agree, it would be FIRE if @carlzimmer.com put his own spin on the subject!) press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Photos by the wonderful [email protected]!
August 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Photos by the wonderful [email protected]!
Sidebar: When I'm staring wistfully into the distance in these photos, what I was really doing was watching a great blue heron galumph around, awkwardly perching on things that were too small for it. That bird should hire itself out for future photo shoots.
August 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sidebar: When I'm staring wistfully into the distance in these photos, what I was really doing was watching a great blue heron galumph around, awkwardly perching on things that were too small for it. That bird should hire itself out for future photo shoots.
I want to sign a copy for you, Margaret!!!!!
July 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I want to sign a copy for you, Margaret!!!!!
Yeh, that would be cool too! I don't think there's a precedent for that suffix, though.
July 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Yeh, that would be cool too! I don't think there's a precedent for that suffix, though.
I loved the luscious black garlic in LA till my teenager set me straight. In the future, I will avoid speaking to the youth.
July 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I loved the luscious black garlic in LA till my teenager set me straight. In the future, I will avoid speaking to the youth.
Yesss!!!! Love it!!!!
June 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Yesss!!!! Love it!!!!