Sunday, March 7, 2010

Blood Falls From Glacier: Has Man Killed the Earth?


"Did we really hurt the Earth?," wondered Diana Hickman, a community blogger for Greenwala. Thankfully however, the Earth is not bleeding. This is an image of Blood Falls located in Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. It seems that this five-story waterfall has a red blood like color due to a 2 million year old ecosystem of microbes that were once trapped under the glacier that are now free due to the glacier melting; creating a fissure in the glacier according to scientists.

In addition, the lake area where the glacier is located is rich in iron and has very high salinity. What seems to have scientists excited is that the microbes represent life in the most extreme conditions. Who knows what those microbes represent from a disease or nature impact something that-- according to our current sources--is not currently being studied.

100% Recycled Chair

Look at the legs on this puppy! They're made from recycled aluminum! The chair's seat and back is from recycled newspapers and corrugated cardboard. The frame is cast aluminum made of 100% recycled automotive rims. The screws came from a salvage project site. Says David Lasher on Greenwala, "We can totally upcycle the seat, back and frame into another chair or something completely different."