Name: Secret Life Underground
Uploaded: 2015
Description: The underground world is a largely unexplored universe. Find out what goes on in the subterranean world of our planet Earth.

Secret Life Underground

The underground world is a largely unexplored universe. Find out what goes on in the subterranean world of our planet Earth.

Explore the subterranean systems that shape our planet, from soil organisms and fungi to cave species adapted to darkness and scarcity. As scientists reveal how roots, bacteria, earthworms, and isolated ecosystems work together, each discovery makes the world below feel more intricate and essential. Sign up to see the unseen forces sustaining life on Earth.

Descend beneath the surface to witness Earth's hidden engines of life.

We know less than 10% of the organisms that populate the underground world and that, each in their own way, take an active part in creating the soil. We are just beginning to discover that plants form partnerships and create complex unions. Welcome to this subtle, surprising and secret world.

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We know less than 10% of the organisms that populate the underground world and that, each in their own way, take an active part in creating the soil.

Part 1: The Skin of the Earth

Take a journey alongside scientists into an underground maze with huge surprises in store. They lead us into monumental cavities, shaped by water and by time. They reveal to us mineral jewels of staggering beauty and shed light on certain species of fauna that defy the imagination.

Take a journey alongside scientists into an underground maze with huge surprises in store. They lead us into monumental cavities, shaped by water and by time.