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theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

How long will the Great Lakes last?

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How long will the Great Lakes last?

theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • xkforce@lemmy.world
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    At the current rate of sediment accumulation in lake Erie, it would accumulate enough fine grained material to fill its volume in less than 70,000 years.

    This assumes a lot i.e that we wouldnt dredge material, that something else doesnt wipe them out first etc.

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    Until they become the Alright Lakes.

    • Nis@feddit.dk
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      This is askscience. We need a standardized scale for this.

      Great should obviosly be near the top. But is Ok above or below Alright?

      • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Point taken. I’d suggest something along the lines of this scale:

        great > good > alright > ok > adequate > meh > fair > subpar > unfortunate > abysmal

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          feeble < poor < typical < good < excellent < remarkable < incredible < amazing < monstrous < unearthly

          …based upon how my elementary school teachers used to grade assignments, great is just above excellent, so they’ll diminish to excellent lakes first, then good lakes, then typical lakes…

  • Steal Wool@lemm.ee
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    So you mean like if the ocean dissapears?

  • morphballganon@lemmy.world
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    Last?

    Are they going away?

    • theywilleatthestars@lemmy.worldOP
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      I mean most things do eventually

  • AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world
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    42

    • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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      Seconds? Years? Decades? Meters? AU?

      Care to give a unit?

      • MisterChief@lemmy.world
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        It’s a joke. It’s a reference to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy where the answer to the ultimate question is 42. It’s designed to not make sense.

        • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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          Yep. Which is why I said time and distance units.

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            Well woosh on me.

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        The unit is 42

        • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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          Oh, the unit is the universe.

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            And the number too, much more efficient

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