Comments on: Mars Stinks http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/mars-stinks/637 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kyle http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/mars-stinks/637/comment-page-1#comment-195519 Kyle Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:48:18 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/mars-stinks/#comment-195519 "Now, if anyone remembers their carbon cycle they’ll know that as silicate rocks remove CO2 from the atmosphere it turns into limestone, in the presence of water. We know there was water, but there isn’t any limestone. Weird." No, it's not wierd. You just need to find out what was really flowing on the planet. Perhaps it wasn't water after all. “Now, if anyone remembers their carbon cycle they’ll know that as silicate rocks remove CO2 from the atmosphere it turns into limestone, in the presence of water. We know there was water, but there isn’t any limestone. Weird.”

No, it’s not wierd. You just need to find out what was really flowing on the planet. Perhaps it wasn’t water after all.

]]> By: Jo http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/mars-stinks/637/comment-page-1#comment-133835 Jo Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:38:04 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/mars-stinks/#comment-133835 Actually, it's hydrogen sulfide that smells like rotten eggs. Actually, it’s hydrogen sulfide that smells like rotten eggs.

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