Toxic waste seems to naturally vanish from Palos Verdes Shelf

Los Angeles Times ^ | November 17, 2013

[MestaMachine]

Absolutely.

[rllngrk33]

Can we blame Global Warming for this?

[Fred Nerks]

Now you’ve done it, my curiousity is jumping, never heard of archea; have you any links you would like to share?

[MestaMachine]

http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/archaea.html
http://www.astrobio.net/hottopic_origins_extremelife.php

https://www.google.com/#q=archaea

[GeronL]

Are they suggesting that the Earth may have natural processes for cleaning itself up? Possibly this is why the planet remained habitable for hundreds of millions of years?

Hundreds of millions of years of decomposing animals, animal waste and who knows what all, and the planet cleaned up afterwards. Possibly the planet eventually cleans up anything, although some things take much longer?

Have they really never thought this possible before?

[Sawdring]

Do they also go by the name Sea Monkeys?

[Fred Nerks]

thanks.

[MestaMachine]

http://www.astrobio.net/hottopic_origins_extremelife.php

[MestaMachine]

No. Sea monkeys are an artificially created hybrid of shrimp.

[chaosagent]

I thought Sea Monkeys were just plain old brine shrimp.

[MestaMachine]

No. They are manmade hybrids...at least the ones they sell.