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2010-04-26 Science & Technology

Mysterious Asphalt Structures Found Underseas

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2010-04-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The researchers are not sure exactly why sea life has taken up residence around the asphalt domes ....

Nothing greens the grass up like a bit of seepage from a low-volume production line. Anyone who's observed that effect out on the back 40 could probably given the scientists a hand in understanding what's going on here.

Posted by AzCat 2010-04-26 01:30|| 2010-04-26 01:30|| Front Page Top

#2 The researchers are not sure exactly why sea life has taken up residence around the asphalt domes ....

Because it is there and it could.

Posted by gorb 2010-04-26 03:04|| 2010-04-26 03:04|| Front Page Top

#3 No so surprisingly lacking from the article:

Assertion of the need for study of the origin of the domes getting all of the attention
(i.e., the reservoirs' scope & volume)

Posted by logi_cal 2010-04-26 07:32|| 2010-04-26 07:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Large oil deposits teeming with life = no drilling off CA shores

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-04-26 13:50|| 2010-04-26 13:50|| Front Page Top

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