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Old 08-03-2011, 09:30 AM   #6
Fred Brackin
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Default Re: Reinventing Barsoom: 2 — Parahumans and legacy genetic engineering

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Originally Posted by Brett View Post
[B][Micro-organisms
Standing surface water would not be salty due to salf-fixing micro-organisms.

Cover the dead sea bottoms with ochre moss/lichen to help prevent erosion and dust-storms while keeping up the oxygen production (much of Earth's oxygen comes from plankton).

The moss is ochre rather than green to best use the dim sunlight. Trust me on this. The Ancients made it that way. :)
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