Comments on: An Island Is Born

By: MacAvity

MacAvity — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:41:36 +0000

[quote]joshuats said: “Prehaps now we can develop a better stratagy to terraform other planets.

Mars could use some life.”[/quote]

I just read about this the other day. Apparently the strategy is all there, it would just be wicked expensive and take about a thousand years. Not to mention the ethical debate that would ensue. I can’t find the article online, unfortunately, but it’s on pages 30 to 33 of the February 2010 issue of National Geographic. The general idea is to break down the ice and some of the rocks of Mars into nice atmospheric gases like water and carbon dioxide, then introduce lichens, mosses, et cetera over the next few centuries.

By: stoid7

stoid7 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:29:36 +0000

damn interesting

By: Dragon_Scientist

Dragon_Scientist — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:48:32 +0000

mHagarty said: "Or chilling with Santa, the Easter Bunny, Zuess, He-Man, Aquaman, the Boogieman, the tooth fairy, etc."

Don't put down the human's only power for sanity, it may make them angry;) Watch what you say God may stomp on you

By: mHagarty

mHagarty — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:12:10 +0000

openside said: "Looks like God's been a bit slow on the uptake too…must be busy tending the rest of His flock."

Or chilling with Santa, the Easter Bunny, Zuess, He-Man, Aquaman, the Boogieman, the tooth fairy, etc.

By: MuddyRoverRob

MuddyRoverRob — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:37:32 +0000

The Chernobyl website you are talking about is http://www.kiddofspeed.com/ a damn interesting read in itself.

I was not aware of this place, it is damn interesting and best left alone so we can learn from it.

By: fatal retreat

fatal retreat — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:37:46 +0000

hey guys,

would you believe?.. I actually live on one of those islands! :D yeah! but it's no longer that interesting... :S hehe

By: openside

openside — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:33:48 +0000

Shandooga said: "So anything evolve there? No? Oh. Ok."

Looks like God's been a bit slow on the uptake too...must be busy tending the rest of His flock.

By: dJCL

dJCL — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:16:48 +0000

kevanbt said: "how long would it take our huge parking lots to break down and disappear?"

Look up a photo log showing the current state of the lands surounding Chernobyl. There is one exceptional set by a young girl on a motorbike that I cannot remember the name of... It shows two great things: 1) a snapshot of Soviet Russia from a few days before a celebration, 2)how nature will take over if we just suddenly disappeared.

By: alias

alias — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:45:51 +0000

Good thing they thought of using it for the experiment, its perfect to find out neat stuff…

By: cornerpocket

cornerpocket — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 01:55:35 +0000

The article is interesting to the ‘nth’ degree, but we shouldn’t get our hopes up that evolution or much of anything is going to be witnessed in the first few centuries of observation. It is merely the egotistical nature of the human condition that expects to see ‘results’ within our individual lifetimes. Hard to imagine that all of the wonders of the last few decades may turn out to be a mere ‘blip’ on the screen of evolution…even humankind itself has the potential to be nothing more than a fluke. On the other hand, we are certainly providing unique entertainment for ourselves and any other spectators that are or will tune in to watch.