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'Oldest living thing on earth' discovered
The Telegraph ^
| 1:06PM GMT 07 Feb 2012
| Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney
Posted on 02/07/2012 9:45:53 AM PST by null and void
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To: null and void
"The separate patches of seagrass in the Mediterranean span almost 10 miles..."Two Mexicans would still offer to mow that for about $32.
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:02:44 AM PST
by
Mich Patriot
(I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself. Ronald Reagan)
To: null and void
but it has now begun to decline due to global warmingFifteen years with NO detectable global warming...but it gets the blame anyway.
Anyone else smell an agenda here?
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:03:17 AM PST
by
capt. norm
(Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never run out of material. c)
To: SkyDancer
“200,000 years old? How can that be when its only 2012????”
Huh?...can i have some of what you are smoking :)
To: null and void
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:06:52 AM PST
by
dragonblustar
(Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
To: null and void
If this sea grass is 12,000 years old, it survived several climate extremes, like the so-called little ice age and medieval warming period-if it is more than 12,000 years old, then it has been around through some really nasty events-ice ages, huge volcanic eruptions like Toba, etc. If it is hardy enough to survive in amounts large enough to re-multiply in more seagrass friendly times, then I don’t really think we need to worry about it...
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:06:58 AM PST
by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: null and void
The analysis, ... found the seagrass was between 12,000 and 200,000 years old Is this what passes for engineering analytical precision these days?
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:07:01 AM PST
by
dartuser
("If you are ... what you were ... then you're not.")
To: null and void
As the water warms, the organisms move slowly to higher altitudes.
wouldn’t rising sea levels create a higher altitude?
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:09:18 AM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
( getting closer to the truth.................)
To: BubbaJunebug
Not smoking but hanging out with three of my male friends: Jim Beam, Jack Daniels and Johnny Walker :)
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:09:47 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Never Have Regrets Because At The Time It Was Exactly What You Wanted")
To: dartuser
“Is this what passes for engineering analytical precision these days?”
Close enough for government work.
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:10:23 AM PST
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: null and void
If it has survived for 200,000 years it has lived through several warming and cooling periods and will come through whatever this is just fine.
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:11:09 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
To: SkyDancer
To: null and void
Seriously, though, are they saying that all or part of the
currently living part of this patch of sea grass is 200,000 years old? Or, are they saying that the overall patch of grass itself might have been in existence for 200,000 years, with repeated cycles of emergence, growth, reproduction and death?
I only ask, because if NO portion of the currently living patch of sea grass is actually 200,000 years old, then claiming that the patch of grass is that old is analogous to a descendant of George Washington claiming that he owns the actual hatchet used by our first president to cut down the cherry tree.
Yes, in fact the hatchet has been in the family for generations. They've never treated it like a museum piece, and each successive generation has used the hatchet for its intended purpose. Sure, the hatchet's handle has gotten broken quite a few times over the years and has been replaced as needed; and, of course, as many times as the blade has been sharpened, several heads have been worn away to to the point where THEY needed to be replaced -- but it's definitely George Washington's!
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:13:21 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Comments now include 25% MORE sarcasm for no additional charge...)
To: null and void
Scientists say a patch of ancient seagrass in the Mediterranean is up to 200,000 years and could be the oldest known living thing on Earth. Australian researchers, who genetically sampled the seagrass covering 40 sites from Spain to Cyprus, say it is one of the world's most resilient organisms - but it has now begun to decline due to global warming. Hmmmm, I'm the oldest one in my immediate family, and I have begun to decline ...... must be Global Warming!
I'm now fully convinced by their arguments.
(beating drum and chanting)
STOP GLOBAL WARMING!
STOP MY DECLINE!
STOP GLOBAL WARMING!
SAVE COL FREEPER!
STOP GLOBAL WARMING!
[Pssst, all you declining FReeper oldsters better quickly get in on this movement so that you can stop your decline too.]
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:13:32 AM PST
by
Col Freeper
(FR is a smorgasbord of Conservative thoughts and ideas - dig in and enjoy it to its fullest!)
To: Col Freeper
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:17:24 AM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1114 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: null and void
It’s lasted this long and now we have 0 to screw it up.
Bye-bye grass.
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:20:50 AM PST
by
TribalPrincess2U
(NOT VOTING gets 0bamao re-elected. Lets Newter the RINOS, then the Blank.)
To: null and void
bristlecone pines
aspen stands
creosote bushes
fungal colonies
Helen Thomas
and now seaweed.
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:21:55 AM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: seanmerc
HELEN THOMAS ping. :D
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:24:05 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Kill the terrorists, Protect (all) the borders, ridicule all the (remaining) Liberals :^)
To: WayneS
-- but it's definitely George Washington's! Of course it is, it occupies the same space!
On the other hand, if George Washington
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:42:27 AM PST
by
Max in Utah
(A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: null and void
It is laughable the predictions of man made global warming.
There was a scientist on the radio last night tyring to explain why the severe winter predicted for this year did not happen (arctic oscilation, expected to negative was very positiv i.e. going west to east across your North American continent). The guy would not even speculate on what the weather would be next week, but these nut cases are proclaimiong 3 degrees warmer in a few hundred years.
To: Pollster1
Great graphic! Do you have a link to the source?
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posted on
02/07/2012 10:48:42 AM PST
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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