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Re: Related Information
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Posted by Karl on April 04, 1999 at 05:03:11:
In Reply to: Related Information posted by John on March 31, 1999 at 01:54:03:
: I want to say that you site is excellently done.
: Now on to my tangent. Not long ago I heard about a geologist
: doing work in the Gulf of Mexico for an oil company. From
: what I remember his research implies that there may be a
: more extensive ecosystem within the Earth's crust then has
: been suspected. The article also discussed a class of
: molicules that their pressence increased of more of the
: same type of molicules, such as rna & dna. Many more kinds
: of molicules of this class were said to be present in
: hydrotherma environments. I do not recall where I picked
: up this information but would like to find out more on the
: subject. Has anyone heard of simmilar research. I would
: greatly appreciate any additional information. Thomas Gold of Cornell University proposed the existence of a vast submicrobial biosphere in a
1992 article, "The Deep, Hot Biosphere." You can read it by linking to it from his Website below.
That site mentions his forthcoming book on the subject. His 1997 article, "Life on Other Planets," also may be accessed from the same site.
Another reference is "Biosphere III," a January 1995 article in "Discover."It is available on the Internet through ProQuest. This article discusses British teams' September 1994 work isolating bacteria from sediment samples drilled at five sites - four in the Pacific and one in the Sea of Japan. The samples were found 1,700 feet beneath the sea floor.
I am not familiar with the intaeresting Gulf of Mexico research you mention, where scientists have made some exciting discoveries about "cold seeps."
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