How long are the Great Lakes likely to last? Will they be there for long enough for something to evolve that's able to break down the stuff at the bottom of Lake Superior? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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lmk if there's a better community to ask this in

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[-] count_of_monte_carlo@lemmy.world 33 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

lmk if there's a better community to ask this in

Shameless plug: you could try !askscience@lemmy.world

[-] luxyr42@lemmy.dormedas.com 5 points 6 months ago

Link seems to be trying to find a user rather than a community. At least in the Connect app.

[-] lechatron@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

https://old.lemmy.world/c/askscience

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!askscience@lemmy.world

[-] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 3 points 6 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !askscience@lemmy.world

[-] lechatron@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago

I tried that but it didn't convert to a link...

[-] count_of_monte_carlo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks! I forgot to put the exclamation mark at the front of the link. Hopefully it works now

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 32 points 6 months ago

What is the stuff at the bottom of lake Superior?

[-] SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 6 months ago

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald and the brave men who died on board

[-] Montagge@lemmy.zip 36 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I assume OP is referring to https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/hazardous/docs/sites/stlouis/lakesupbarrelshc0308.pdf

TL;DR The military dumped thousands of barrel of undocumented chemicals into Lake Superior in the 50s and 60s

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 34 points 6 months ago

Awesome. Our government does so much cool, responsible stuff.

[-] Donebrach@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

I give ‘em like 2 weeks tops. Fuckin self-absorbed “Great” lakes.

[-] Cap@kbin.social 10 points 6 months ago

Might find your answer here around the 50,000 year mark.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

What do you mean by evolve? Like, a creature that eats ships? The water and creatures eventually erode the ship to nothing. It’s not like Superior is some small lake that is going to dry up, it’s literally one of the largest lakes on the planet

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Until they are nuked they should be.

[-] acid_falcon@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Until they are nuked as they should be

[-] getoffthedrugsdude@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

An interesting read

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