Life is tough; living with arsenic. The bush of life (Introduction)
There is an algae that eats carbon monoxide(a normally lethal gas), and produces O2. No there is a bush that eats arsenic, and (I am assuming) produces O2. Why is it strange to think that things like these are in fact purpose driven life forms. They fill a very basic, yet subtle need, removing toxins from our environment. I would actually be quite interested in knowing more on the early plant life. I have a sneaking suspicion that if we were able to examine what chemicals they absorbed, we would find others that absorbed nominally toxic gases or chemicals and produced oxygen or nitrogen as a byproduct, along with CO2 as they decayed after death.
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- Life is tough; living with arsenic. The bush of life -
David Turell,
2010-12-03, 17:51
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dhw,
2010-12-04, 13:01
- Life is tough; living with arsenic. The bush of life - Balance_Maintained, 2010-12-05, 04:21
- Life is tough; living with arsenic. The bush of life -
David Turell,
2010-12-07, 18:37
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David Turell,
2010-12-08, 15:06
- Life is tough; living with arsenic. The bush of life -
David Turell,
2011-04-24, 18:52
- Life is tough; arsenic life is really dead -
David Turell,
2012-06-06, 15:51
- arsenic life? -
David Turell,
2012-07-09, 15:12
- arsenic life? - David Turell, 2012-10-04, 15:56
- arsenic life? -
David Turell,
2012-07-09, 15:12
- Life is tough; arsenic life is really dead -
David Turell,
2012-06-06, 15:51
- Life is tough; living with arsenic. The bush of life -
David Turell,
2011-04-24, 18:52
- Life is tough; living with arsenic. The bush of life -
David Turell,
2010-12-08, 15:06
- Life is tough; living with arsenic. The bush of life -
dhw,
2010-12-04, 13:01