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1 posted on 03/15/2013 2:50:38 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

I, for one, welcome our new under the sea bed microbe overlords.


2 posted on 03/15/2013 2:58:55 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: neverdem

This is the kind of life that probably exists on Mars.


3 posted on 03/15/2013 3:23:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: neverdem

Now they’ve done it. The government will begin to tax them and regulate their work conditions.


4 posted on 03/15/2013 3:25:19 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international, gone independent. Gone.)
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To: neverdem

Deep hot biosphere ping.


5 posted on 03/15/2013 3:33:00 PM PDT by Noumenon (One individual with courage, determination and a rifle can change the course of history.)
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To: neverdem

These microorganisms would have to constantly renew their populations while presumably older ones could not be any older than 400my as seafloor is continually subducted beneath continental arcs.

Thus it would seem they originate in seawater, filter down, and become incorporated into then relatively new sediments.


6 posted on 03/15/2013 5:01:40 PM PDT by onedoug
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