Donovan.
17-06-2008, 06:58:PM
On the heels of news that the ocean floor is the richest microbe ecosystem on the planet
http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=10680537129
comes news that mining companies
http://business.theage.com.au/marine-battle-looms-as-miners-dig-deep-20080517-2ff2.html
are getting ready to rape the incredibly interesting ocean vent ecosystems , communities of animals that exist not on sunlight powered plant food webs but on chemicals and minerals produced deep within our planet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_smokers
Animals similar to the dark life found in core samples from rock miles beneath the earth surface.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endolith
These communities may well hold the secrets of panspermia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia
an important science dealing with the source of life itself! That miners would be so ready to destroy these ecosystems when they have been barely studied is a crime against science and our species!
http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=10680537129
comes news that mining companies
http://business.theage.com.au/marine-battle-looms-as-miners-dig-deep-20080517-2ff2.html
are getting ready to rape the incredibly interesting ocean vent ecosystems , communities of animals that exist not on sunlight powered plant food webs but on chemicals and minerals produced deep within our planet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_smokers
Animals similar to the dark life found in core samples from rock miles beneath the earth surface.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endolith
These communities may well hold the secrets of panspermia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia
an important science dealing with the source of life itself! That miners would be so ready to destroy these ecosystems when they have been barely studied is a crime against science and our species!