'They carried out science by press release. They are now hypocritical if they say that the only response should be in the scientific literature.'

摘要

WOLFE-SIMON'S KNEE-HIGH boots crunch along Mono Lake's salt-crusted shore, making the only sound in what is certainly a very unusual place. Snowy peaks and volcanic hills line the horizon and funnel mineral-rich water down from the high country and into the lake, which has no natural outlet. As the water evaporates, the minerals become increasingly concentrated, giving the lake its elevated levels of alkalinity and, in certain coves, high levels of arsenic. In some places, tufas, crinkled spires of calcium carbonate, rise from the water.