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TwitterPizza boxes are recyclable, but grease and cheese make them less so and can cause a whole batch of recyclable material to be diverted to the trash. Image credit: DreamstimeFrom Live Science:Many people assume that pizza boxes are recyclable. In fact, most boxes have recycling symbols on them and are traditionally made from corrugated cardboard.
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The Challenge of Pizza Box Recycling
March 3rd, 2009 
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1 Comment »Anti-Freeze Chemicals ‘Could Indicate Life On Mars’
February 19th, 2009 admin Mars: Perchlorates are rare on earth but they make up one per cent of Mars’s soil Photo: GETTY From The Telegraph:Life could exist on Mars thanks to chemicals found on the red planet which can prevent water turning into ice, experts have claimed.The low temperatures on the red planet mean any water would usually be frozen rather than running.But salts called perchlorates are abundant in the soil of the planet, where temperatures often fall below zero, and can act as a natural anti-freeze.This suggests there could be liquid water below the surface – increasing the chances of life being able to exist there.Perchlorates are rare on earth but they make up one per cent of Mars’s soil.They were discovered last year by the robotic arm of NASA’s Phoenix lander.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Anti Freeze, Chemicals, Getty, Life On Mars, Liquid Water, Mars Photo, Nasa, Perchlorates, Phoenix Lander, Rare Earth, Red Planet, Robotic Arm, Salts, Soil, Telegraph, Temperatures No Comments »If There IS Life On Mars, This Is Where It Lives
January 19th, 2009 admin Plumes of up to 19,000 tons of methane, pictured red,were detected in Mars’ northern hemisphereFrom The Daily Mail:If there is life on Mars as NASA scientists claim, this is where it lives.This extraordinarily detailed picture shows exactly where the most methane, taken as an indication of life, can be found.Appropriately enough for the sphere dubbed the Red Planet , the scarlet areas are the places where scientists have detected the most of the gas.The picture was released by NASA just days after the U.S. space agency confirmed the presence of methane on Mars.It is the first ‘definitive proof’ of plumes of the gas seeping from the planet’s northern hemisphere.And it is the strongest hint yet that alien microbes could be thriving deep below the red, dusty surface.On Earth, 90 per cent of the methane produced is released by living organisms far beneath the soil.’It might be possible for similar organisms to survive for billions of years below the permafrost layer on Mars, where water is liquid, radiation supplies energy, and carbon dioxide provides carbon,’ said NASA scientist Professor Michael Mumma.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Billions Of Years, Carbon Dioxide, Daily Mail, Definitive Proof, Dusty Surface, Life On Mars, Liquid Radiation, Living Organisms, Mars Nasa, Methane On Mars, Microbes, Nasa, Nasa Scientist, Nasa Scientists, Northern Hemisphere, Professor Michael, Red Planet, Soil, Space Agency, Sphere No Comments »Life On Mars? Methane ‘Plumes’ Raise Tantalising Prospect Of Organisms On Red Planet
January 16th, 2009 admin NASA’s latest findings have been heralded as the strongest indicator yet of life on MarsFrom The Daily Mail:The prospect of finding life on Mars came a step closer yesterday after Nasa revealed it had discovered ‘plumes’ of methane gas seeping from the planet.When methane was first found in the Martian atmosphere in 2003, some scientists claimed it could have been dumped on the planet by comets.But the latest discovery is proof that it is actually produced on the Red Planet.The pinpointing of the location of the plumes of gas also offers scientists likely places to dig for life.Nasa’s announcement yesterday is highly significant because most of the methane on Earth is produced by living organisms – raising the possibility that some form of life, even if just microbes, are alive deep within the soil.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Comets, Daily Mail, Discovery, Earth, Life On Mars, Living Organisms, Mars Methane, Martian Atmosphere, Methane Gas, Microbes, Nasa, Red Planet, Scientists, Soil No Comments »Global Warming Predictions Are Overestimated, Suggests Study On Black Carbon
November 26th, 2008 admin Savanna fires occur almost every year in northern Australia, leaving behind black carbon that remains in soil for thousands of years. (Credit: Grant Stone, QCCCE)From Science Daily:ScienceDaily (Nov. 25, 2008) — A detailed analysis of black carbon — the residue of burned organic matter — in computer climate models suggests that those models may be overestimating global warming predictions.A new Cornell study, published online in Nature Geosciences, quantified the amount of black carbon in Australian soils and found that there was far more than expected, said Johannes Lehmann, the paper’s lead author and a Cornell professor of biogeochemistry. The survey was the largest of black carbon ever published.Read more ….
