Back in September we reported the story of the crying glacier that supposedly symbolized the emotional trauma global warming was causing the earth.
Well, hell’s bells, man, what will the eco-wackos say about this bleeding glacier in Antarctica?
WebEcoist.com reports the Southern Hemisphere’s hemoglobic happenings:
The waters beneath Taylor’s Glacier are a kind of ancient time capsule where a community of microorganisms was able to develop and evolve in an environment not found anywhere else on Earth. When the lake was trapped under the glacier some 1.5 – 2 million years ago, some simple life forms were trapped in it. The subglacial lake contains no oxygen, but is home to at least 17 different types of microorganisms. The water is hyper-salinated (very salty), and its unusual coloring is due to its high iron content, which instantly rusts upon being exposed to air outside of its closed-in origin, creating the blood red waterfall. The strange and inhospitable conditions in the subglacial lake had led researchers to wonder just how all of those microorganisms could have survived in the extremely cold, airless, completely dark environment for so long.
No, it’s not natural. It’s not. It’s caused by man, damn it. Man is making the planet bleed. And the only way to stop it is to raise taxes and make Al Gore even richer.
Yeah, that’s the answer.
Source: WebEcoist.com
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isn’t that littering? dumping dye and chemicals into the water I think is illegal-WTF?
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As a concerned individual, is there something I can do to become iron-neutral? Perhaps buy some iron credits to reduce my iron footprint?
Mmmmm… iron footprint. That would be SWEET!
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that looks pretty cool
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Where do I mail the check to make myself feel better about all the horrible things I am doing to the glaciers and the world for that matter?
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we are killing the earth. but screw symbolism, drop the poetic crap and do something about it! this is natural though… just rust or organism trapped in iced aged after they had contact with oxygen.