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[–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

depends on what you mean by "heal."

nature can bounce back surprisingly quickly. we saw that during the lockdowns. it's a thing that gives me hope.

but also, so much irreversible damage has already been done; we're in a mass extinction, after all. it will be millions of years before we have a similar level of biodiversity as we did before humans took over the planet.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    The pollution in our air, water, soil will travel, not disappear. They may eventually over very long geological timescales, but the poisons may never truly be neutralized, but only eventually locked back in with another ice age or deep embedding in soil and ice.

    That said, I am not a scientist, paid or otherwise.

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