Scientists determine the Great Lakes are nonrenewable

https://www.earth.com/earth-science/scientists-determine-the-great-lakes-are-nonrenewable/

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raman_klogius@ani.social · 7 pts · 2d (1 reply)

So it's all basically fossil water from the last ice age?

KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 2d

With 1% of renewal every year, in a dynamic equilibrium, the average water will be 100 years old. Some parts might be older some parts might be younger. But on average it will be 100 years old.

Ice@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2d (3 replies)

That's about as renewable of a resource as trees - which means it is renewable. As with many renewable resources however, they can be destroyed by overutilizafion.

barnacul@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d (2 replies)

Coal is a renewable resource

RadiallyAxiomatic@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1d

Oh shit, it's an immortal! What did dinosaurs really look like?

Smaile@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1d

Through carbon capture, maybe